Macro- and micro-level impacts of droughts: The case of the Zayandeh Rud river basin, Iran

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-227

  Molle, François ^a,b   Hoogesteger, Jaime ^c   Mamanpoush, Alireza ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Agricultural Research Education & Extension Organization Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Conjunctive use; Coping strategies; Drought; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 42249086594     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.357     Document Type: Article

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