Adaptive systems thinking in integrated water resources management with insights into conflicts over water exports

INFOR

Volumn 46, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 51-70

  Hipel, Keith W ^a   Obeidi, Amer ^a   Fang, Liping ^b   Kilgour, D Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Water exports; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMMERCE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONTRACTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GRAPH THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MANAGEMENT; MODEL STRUCTURES; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

BULK WATER; MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS; WATER EXPORTS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 51349163118     PISSN: 03155986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/infor.46.1.51     Document Type: Article

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