Exploring resilience and transformability of a river basin in the face of socioeconomic and ecological crisis: An example from the Amudarya river basin, Central Asia

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Schlüter, Maja ^a,b   Herrfahrdt Pähle, Elke ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amudarya river basin; Reform; Resilience; Transformation; Uzbekistan; Water management

Indexed keywords

LAND MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID REGION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMU DARYA BASIN; UZBEKISTAN;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 79954474292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03910-160132     Document Type: Article

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