Wetlands: Lifeline for people at the edge

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 645-652

  Silvius, Marcel J ^a   Oneka, M ^a   Verhagen, A ^b  

^a WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 0033838639     PISSN: 14641909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1464-1909(00)00079-4     Document Type: Article

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