Management and sustainability of groundwater resources in Bahrain

Water Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-145

  Zubari, Waleed K ^a   Lori, Ibrahim J ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Groundwater balance; Groundwater policy; Groundwater resources management; Institutional and legislative framework; Overexploitation impacts; Supply augmentation versus demand management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645864672     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2006.029     Document Type: Article

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