Management of Freshwater Bodies in Ghana

Water International

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 476-484

  Gyau Boakye, Philip ^a   Biney, Charles A ^a  

^a CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Declining rainfall and runoff; Deforestation; Freshwater conservation; Ghana; Management; Participatory approach; Pollution; Rising temperatures; Sea water intrusion into freshwater bodies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037003451     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060208687035     Document Type: Article

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