Global water resources and their management

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-147

  Hoff, Holger ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBALIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 70449891324     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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