Water security - what are the priorities for engineers?

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-289

  Perry, Chris ^a  

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Author keywords

Irrigation efficiency; Water accounting; Water resources management; Water security

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251527225     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2010.0019     Document Type: Article

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