Sustaining Asia's groundwater boom: An overview of issues and evidence

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-141

  Shah, Tushaar ^a   Roy, Aditi Deb ^a   Qureshi, Asad S ^a   Wang, Jinxia ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Asia; Groundwater; Groundwater depletion; Groundwater pollution; Socio ecology; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER DEPLETION;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA;

EID: 0038363766     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.00048     Document Type: Article

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