Cooperation on Africa's transboundary aquifers - Conceptual ideas

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 793-802

  Scheumann, Waltina ^a   Alker, Marianne ^a  

^a GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Joint management; Stages of utilisation and cooperation; Transboundary aquifers; Transboundary impacts; Transboundary water sharing; Typology of riparian constellations

Indexed keywords

JOINT MANAGEMENT; TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS; TRANSBOUNDARY IMPACTS; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER SHARING; TYPOLOGY OF RIPARIAN CONSTELLATIONS;

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; RIPARIAN ZONE; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; TYPOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 70349535962     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.4.793     Document Type: Article

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