Bridging parallel discourses of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM): Institutional and political challenges in developing and developed countries

Water International

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 727-743

  Beveridge, Ross ^a   Monsees, Jan ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON SOCIETY AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

developing countries; EU; institutions; IWRM; politics; water resource management; WFD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870540943     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2012.742713     Document Type: Review

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