HESS Opinions: "urgent water challenges are not sufficiently researched"

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 905-912

  Van Der Zaag, P ^a,b   Gupta, J ^a,c   Darvis, L P ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FOOD SECURITY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; POLICY APPROACH; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 75749112936     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-13-905-2009     Document Type: Article

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