Hydrosolidarity and beyond: Can ethics and equity find a place in today's water resource management?

Water International

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-265

  Gerlak, Andrea K ^a   Varady, Robert G ^a   Petit, Olivier ^b   Haverland, Arin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ARTOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Equity; Ethics; Fairness; Human welfare; Hydrosolidarity; Integrated water resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960690922     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2011.586552     Document Type: Review

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