Managing drought impacts: Case study of Mali, Africa

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 300-308

  Traore, Zan N'Tio ^a   Fontane, Darrell G ^b  

^a Direction Nationale de l'hydraulique ^*  (Mali)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Case reports; Droughts; Sustainable development; Water resources

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PLANNING; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DROUGHT IMPACT; MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVE RANKING; MULTICRITERION DECISION ANALYSIS MODEL;

DROUGHT;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DROUGHT; PLANNING; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

AFRICA; MALI; NIGER RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34347348184     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2007)133:4(300)     Document Type: Article

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