Water sector in central asia: Slow transformation and potential for cooperation

International Journal of Sustainable Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 103-112

  Abdullaev, Iskandar ^a   Atabaeva, Shahlo ^b  

^a German International Cooperation   (Uzbekistan)

^b A Urunov Street 24 ^*  (Tajikistan)

Author keywords

Amu Darya; Central Asia; Syr Darya; Transboundary; Transformation; Water bureaucracies; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857330322     PISSN: 17562538     EISSN: 17562546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSOC.2012.044668     Document Type: Article

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