UNEP resource and guidance manual for environmental impact assessment of desalination projects

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 217-228

  Lattemann, Sabine ^a   El Habr, Habib N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b United Nations Environment Programme   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Desalination; EIA; Environment; Health; Impact assessment; Socioeconomic; UNEP; WHO

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949728125     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.463     Document Type: Article

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