Equilibrium and non-equilibrium theories of sustainable water resources management: Dynamic river basin and irrigation behaviour in Tanzania

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-180

  Lankford, Bruce ^a   Beale, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Ecology; Irrigation; Natural resources; Non equilibrium; River basin management; Sustainability; Tanzania; Variability; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BASIN MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE; RANGELAND; RIVER BASIN; SAVANNA; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 34248156179     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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