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1 online resource (208 pages) |
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RFF Water Policy Set |
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RFF Water Policy Set
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; GLOSSARY; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; The Region; Objectives and Scope of the Study; 2 HISTORICAL GROWTH OF AGRICULTURE AND WATER USE; Agricultural Growth; General Economic Trends; Methodology for Analyzing Recent Growth; Agricultural Growth in Mendoza: 1947-48 to 1969-70; Agricultural Growth in San Juan: 1954-55 to 1971-72; Comparison of the Growth Experiences in Mendoza and San Juan; Agricultural Growth Since 1960-61; Water Supply and Use; Historical River Flows |
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Changes in the Demand for and Sources of Irrigation Water Since the 1940sMajor Factors Influencing Recent Agricultural Growth; Water Costs: Surface versus Ground Water; Marginal Water Costs and Ground Water Use; Water and Agricultural Growth; Summary; 3 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT; Regulation of Water Use; Surface Water; Ground Water; Water Planning; Indirect Controls; Credit Policy; Tax Incentives; Electric Power Rates; Combined Impact of Credit, Tax, and Power Pricing Policies; Government Control of the Grape-Wine Industry; Summary; 4 THE PAST AS PROLOGUE |
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Future Implications of Historical Growth SourcesGround Water Use: Projections and Implications; Future Ground Water Use; Implications of the Growth in Ground Water Use; Nonwater Constraints to Agricultural Growth; Summary; 5 WATER USE EFFICIENCY; Efficiency Criteria; Maximizing Net National Income over Time; Static Efficiency; Dynamic Efficiency; Water Use Efficiency in Cuyo; Static Efficiency; Dynamic Efficiency; Improving Water Use Efficiency in Cuyo; Efficiency and Other Social Objectives; The Market Mechanism and Indirect Controls; Direct Controls; Some Conclusions |
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6 FARM LEVEL IMPLICATIONS OF RISING WATER COSTS AND ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT POLICIESReturns from Grape Growing; Costs, Revenues, and Profits for a Hypothetical Vineyard; Effects of Ground Water Costs on Profits on a 10-Hectare Farm; Government Policies and Farm Profits; Social Water Costs and Farm Profits; Profitability and Farm Size; Farm Size in Cuyo; Economies of Scale with Surface Water; Impact of Ground Water on Optimum Farm Size; Impact of Government Policies on Optimum Farm Size; Impact of Social Water Costs on Various Size Vineyards; Permanent versus Annual Crops |
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And Conclusions7 ALTERNATIVE GROWTH PATTERNS WITHIN CUYO; Increasing the Availability of Water; Investment in Dams; Lining of Canals; Interbasin Water Transfers; Comments on Proposed Water Infrastructure Investments; Altering the Conjunctive Use of Ground and Surface Water; Other Alternatives; Increasing the Returns to Water; Irrigation Techniques; Use of Other Productive Inputs; Nonagricultural Water Use; Conclusions; 8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX |
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First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Water resources development -- Argentina -- Cuyo
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Water-supply -- Argentina -- Cuyo
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Viticulture -- Argentina -- Cuyo
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Viticulture
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Water resources development
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Water-supply
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Argentina -- Cuyo
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134004294 |
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113400429X |
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9781134004225 |
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1134004222 |
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