Optimal water resources management: Case of lower Litani River, Lebanon

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2343-2360

  Doummar, J ^a   Massoud, May A ^b   Khoury, R ^a   Khawlie, M ^c  

^a Earth Link and Advanced Resources Development (ELARD)   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Lebanon; Litani River; Management; Optimization; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS; BASELINE MODELS; CONCRETE LININGS; DOMESTIC SUPPLIES; DRIP IRRIGATION; HUMAN POPULATION; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION METHODS; LEBANON; LITANI RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT; RETURN FLOW; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SYSTEMS; SOCIAL BENEFITS; STRENGTHS , WEAKNESSES , OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS ANALYSIS; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; OPTIMIZATION; RIVERS; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DRIP IRRIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; LITANI RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 69049085660     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9384-z     Document Type: Article

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