Challenges in freshwater management in low coral atolls

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1522-1528

  White, Ian ^a   Falkland, Tony ^b   Perez, Pascal ^c   Dray, Anne ^c   Metutera, Taboia ^d   Metai, Eita ^e   Overmars, Marc ^f  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ACTEW Corporation Limited   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Public Utilities Board ^*  (Kiribati)

^e Water Engineering Unit   (Kiribati)

^f South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Atolls; Drought; Freshwater lens; Groundwater; Seawater intrusion; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER; SALT WATER INTRUSION; WATER SUPPLY;

ATOLLS; FRESHWATER LENS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34248339223     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.07.051     Document Type: Article

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