Assessment of informativeness of groundwater monitoring in developing regions (Gaza Strip case study)

Water Resources Management

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 737-757

  Mogheir, Y ^a,b   De Lima, J L M P ^a,c   Singh, V P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Environment Quality Authority   (Palestine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data; Developing countries; Gaza Strip; Groundwater; Information; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER QUALITY;

ENTROPY THEORY; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; GAZA STRIP; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

EID: 29244436371     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-005-6107-6     Document Type: Article

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