Decision support model for water policy in the presence of waterlogging and salinity

Water Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-207

  Khan, Shahbaz ^a,b,c   Rana, Tariq ^b,c   Hanjra, Munir A ^b   Robinson, David ^c  

^a UNESCO   (France)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Irrigation; Net recharge; Salinity; SWAGMAN model; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954997574     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.024     Document Type: Article

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