Equity and productivity assessments in the Olifants River basin, South Africa

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-75

  Prasad, Krishna C ^a   van Koppen, Barbara ^b   Strzepek, Kenneth ^c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Equity; Method; Olifants; River basin management; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

EQUITY; OLIFANTS RIVER BASIN; PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENTS; WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASIN MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; OLIFANTS RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33845349886     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2006.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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