Water quantity and quality in the Zerafshan river basin: Only an upstream riparian problem?

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 493-505

  Olsson, Oliver ^a,b   Wegerich, Kai ^c   Kabilov, Firdavs ^c  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIA; HELSINKI; INTERNATIONAL WATERS; QUALITY ASPECTS; RIVER BASINS; WATER QUANTITIES;

RUNOFF;

WATER POLLUTION;

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI; ZERAVSHAN BASIN;

EID: 84863712212     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2012.684318     Document Type: Article

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