Role of a central administrator in managing water resources: The case of the Israeli water commissioner

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Feitelson, Eran ^a   Fischhendler, Itay ^a   Kay, Paul ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

EXCEPTIONALLY CENTRALIZED NATIONAL WATER SYSTEM; SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY; WIDE-RANGING POWER;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

POLICY MAKING; REGULATORY APPROACH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 37549023813     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR005922     Document Type: Article

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