A prototype study for the management of surface water resources, Lebanon

Water Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-46

  Jurdi, Mey ^a   Korfali, Samira Ibrahim ^b   Karahagopian, Yester ^d   Davies, Brian E ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0005935360     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-7017(00)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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