Optimization of water resources management using SWOT analysis: The case of Zakynthos Island, Ionian Sea, Greece

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 197-211

  Diamantopoulou, P ^a   Voudouris, K ^b  

^a Ministry of Environment Greece   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Greece; Groundwater quality; SWOT analysis; Water resources management; Zakynthos Island

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; LIMESTONE; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER QUALITY; NEOGENE DEPOSITS; SWOT ANALYSIS; TOURIST DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; ZAKYNTHOS ISLAND;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; DRILLING; GYPSUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST HYDROLOGY; NITRATE; OPTIMIZATION; RECHARGE; SULFATE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ZAKYNTHOS [IONIAN ISLANDS];

EID: 38849104455     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0808-5     Document Type: Article

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