Water supply in Jordan under drought conditions

Water Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 863-876

  Tarawneh, Zeyad S ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Desalination; Drought frequency; Water harvesting; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055200374     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2011.094     Document Type: Article

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