Water issues: The need for action at different levels

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Zehnder, Alexander J B ^a,b   Yang, Hong ^a   Schertenleib, Roland ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Economy of water uses; Ecosystem services; Urban water infrastructure; Virtual water; Water uses

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037244058     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000270300000     Document Type: Review

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