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Econometric Assessment Of The Impact Of Drought On Murray-Darling Basin Irrigation

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

168

Pages

9

Page Range

41 - 49

Published

2012

Size

390 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/SI120041

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

J. D. Connor

Abstract

This paper provides an econometric assessment of how less water supply, and hotter and drier than normal weather in the recent Millennium Drought (1999– 2010) impact irrigated area, irrigation water application rates, and irrigation revenues in the Murray-Darling Basin. Keywords: irrigation, drought, economics, Murray-Darling Basin, econometrics.

Keywords

irrigation, drought, economics, Murray-Darling Basin, econometrics.