Institutions and organizations: The key to sustainable management of resources in river basins

Water International

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 846-860

  Fisher, Myles ^a   Cook, Simon ^b   Tiemann, Tassilo ^c   Nickum, James E ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)   (Laos)

^d International Water Resources Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

basin focal projects; ecosystem services; governance; sustainable development; water resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858125216     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2011.616774     Document Type: Review

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