Water scarcity: An alternative view and its implications for policy and capacity building

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-107

  Wolfe, Sarah ^a   Brooks, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Friends of the Earth Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Capacity building; Efficiency; Scarcity; Water demand management; Water policy; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER CONSERVATION;

WATER SCARCITY;

WATER;

CAPACITY BUILDING; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

GOES;

EID: 0037687746     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.00045     Document Type: Article

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