Restoration and river management in the arid southwestern USA: Exploring project design trends and features

Water Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-480

  Gerlak, Andrea K ^a   Eden, Susanna ^a   Megdal, Sharon ^a   Lacroix, Kelly Mott ^a   Schwarz, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Project design features; Restoration; Rivers; Salt River; San Pedro River; Santa Cruz River; US Army Corps of Engineers; US Bureau of Reclamation; Verde River

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249141694     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.058     Document Type: Article

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