IWRM concept for the Cuvelai Basin in northern Namibia

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 48-55

  Kluge, Thomas ^a   Liehr, Stefan ^a   Lux, Alexandra ^a   Moser, Petra ^a   Niemann, Steffen ^b   Umlauf, Nicole ^c   Urban, Wilhelm ^c  

^a Institute for Social Ecological Research ISOE   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demand oriented management; Integrated water resource management; Multi resource mix; Social ecological research; Technology adaptation; Transdisciplinary research approach

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; RAIN; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

DEMAND-ORIENTED MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

DROUGHT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND MANAGEMENT; RAINFALL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; KUNENE; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 38949134537     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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