The introduction of floodplain rehabilitation and rural development into the water policy for the tisza river in Hungary

Water Policy Entrepreneurs: A Research Companion to Water Transitions around the Globe

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 250-271

  Werners, Saskia E ^a   Flachner, Zsuzsanna ^b   Matczak, Piotr ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

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