Educating the compassionate water engineer - A remedy to avoid future water management failures?;Former des spécialistes de l'eau citoyens Une solution pour éviter de futurs échecs en gestion de l'eau?

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-16

  Berndtsson, Ronny ^a   Falkenmark, Malin ^b   Lindh, Gunnar ^a   Bahri, Akiça ^c   Jinno, Kenji ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm International Water Institute   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Education; Hydrological engineers; Sustainable development; Water management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENGINEERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EDUCATION SYSTEMS; WATER ENGINEERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EDUCATION;

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

EID: 13244278291     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.50.1.7.56331     Document Type: Article

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