A review of groundwater in islands using SWOT analysis

World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 186-203

  Praveena, Sarva Mangala ^a   Aris, Ahmad Zaharin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Islands; Opportunities; Strengths; SWOT; Threats; Weakness

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650798273     PISSN: 17412242     EISSN: 17412234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/WRSTSD.2009.031840     Document Type: Review

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