Basin closure and issues of scale: The Southern African hydropolitical complex

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-318

  Turton, Anthony R ^a   Ashton, Peter J ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HYDROPOLITICAL COMPLEX; WATER SCARCITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 40449142454     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900620701723463     Document Type: Article

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