Water, drought and desertification in Africa

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 240, Issue , 1997, Pages 57-65

  Sehmi, Naginder S ^a   Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W ^b  

^a WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

DESERTIFICATION; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 3342974351     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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