Review: Groundwater management and groundwater/surface-water interaction in the context of South African water policy

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-226

  Levy, Jonathan ^a   Xu, Yongxin ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Groundwater management; Groundwater surface water relations; Review; Socio economic aspects; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; POLICY APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECHARGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

KENYA; SOUTH AFRICA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84857458903     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0776-4     Document Type: Review

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