A framework for measuring groundwater sustainability

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 396-407

  Pandey, Vishnu P ^a   Shrestha, Sangam ^b   Chapagain, Saroj K ^c   Kazama, Futaba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c Center of Research for Environment Energy and Water CREEW   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Kathmandu; Sustainability; Sustainability infrastructure; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONITORING; NEPAL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 79955718035     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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