Local storages: The impact on hydrology and implications for policy making in irrigation systems

Water International

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 395-407

  Cai, Xueliang ^a   Cui, Yuanlai ^b   Dai, Junfeng ^c   Luo, Yufeng ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

hydrology; irrigation; local storages; OASIS; water reuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865385739     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2012.707380     Document Type: Article

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