Foresight methodology as a tool for elaboration of plans for sustainable management of water, energy, the environment and society

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 261-272

  Rogut, Anna ^a   Piasecki, Bogdan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

foresight; integrated models of sustainable management

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84859459039     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: 20803397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10104-011-0049-9     Document Type: Article

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