Adaptations to the dynamics of rural water supply from natural sources: A village example in semi-arid Nigeria

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-237

  Tarhule, Aondover ^a   Woo, Ming Ko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Nigeria; Rainfall; Resistivity; Semi arid; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; RECHARGE; WATER SUPPLY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0037771400     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024467311777     Document Type: Article

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