Changing perspectives — Changing paradigms: Taking the "Soft Path" to water sustainability in the okanagan basin

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-90

  Brandes, Oliver M ^a   Kriwoken, Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; NATURAL RESOURCES; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER CONSERVATION;

POPULATION GROWTH; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER-STRESSED AREAS;

WATER;

EID: 33747471095     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3102075     Document Type: Article

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