Ethics and sustainability: A review of water policy and management

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-31

  Moorthy, Ravichandran ^a   eyabalan, Ganesan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Kemeneterian Sains Teknologi dan Inovasi   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coordination initiatives; Environmental ethics; Inter agency coordination; National department of environment (DOE); Practices regarding water resources; River pollution; Water ethics; Water legislation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655138723     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2012.24.31     Document Type: Article

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