Harnessing mobile communications innovations for water security

Global Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 433-442

  Hope, Rob ^a   Foster, Tim ^a   Money, Alex ^a   Rouse, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84868007635     PISSN: 17585880     EISSN: 17585899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-5899.2011.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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