Strategy for groundwater management in developing countries: A case study in northern Costa Rica

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 334, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 109-124

  Mende, Andreas ^a   Astorga, Allan ^a   Neumann, Detlev ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Dr Neumann and Busch Consulting   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D modelling; Geographic information systems; Groundwater management; Vulnerability analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

3 D MODELING; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DATABASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; GIS; HYDROGEOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WELL WATER;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 33846487482     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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