Water resources development: Vicious and virtuous circles

Ambio

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 599-603

  Varis, Olli ^a,b,c,d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033367887     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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27. First submitted 9 July 1998. Accepted for publication after revision 20 May 1999.