Water management in Bangladesh: An analytical review

Water Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-51

  Chowdhury, Nasima Tanveer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Surface water; Transboundary issues; Water management; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449090324     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2009.112     Document Type: Article

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