Application of water evaluation and planning (WEAP): A model to assess future water demands in the Niger River (in Niger Republic)

Modern Applied Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-49

  Mounir, Zakari Mahamadou ^a   Ma, Chuan Ming ^a   Amadou, Issoufou ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basin; Niger River; Water demand; Water resources; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956317614     PISSN: 19131844     EISSN: 19131852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/mas.v5n1p38     Document Type: Article

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