Urban and rural groundwater use in Zhengzhou, China: Challenges in joint management

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1495-1506

  Sun, Ronglin ^a   Jin, Menggui ^a   Giordano, Mark ^b   Villholth, Karen G ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

China; Groundwater management; Institution; Policy; Urban and rural groundwater

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY REFORM; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HENAN; ZHENGZHOU;

EID: 69149088673     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0452-0     Document Type: Article

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