Review: Groundwater management practices, challenges, and innovations in the High Plains aquifer, USA-lessons and recommended actions;Revue critique: Pratiques, défis et innovations dans le domaine des de la gestion des eaux souterraines de l'aquifère des Grandes Plaines (High Plains), aux Etats Unis d'Amérique - Leçons et recommandations

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 559-575

  Sophocleous, Marios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater management; Groundwater over abstraction; Tragedy of the commons; USA; Water resources conservation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GAME THEORY; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER CONTROL; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PRISONER DILEMMA; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DELAWARE RIVER; OGALLALA AQUIFER; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952840655     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0540-1     Document Type: Article

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