Modeling sustainability of water, environment, livelihood, and culture in traditional irrigation communities and their linked watersheds

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2998-3022

  Fernald, Alexander ^a   Tidwell, Vincent ^b   Rivera, José ^c   Rodríguez, Sylvia ^c   Guldan, Steven ^a   Steele, Caitriana ^a   Ochoa, Carlos ^a   Hurd, Brian ^a   Ortiz, Marquita ^d   Boykin, Kenneth ^a   Cibils, Andres ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d New Mexico Acequia Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Ecology; Economics; Hydrology; Interdisciplinary model; Natural and human system dynamics; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872420975     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4112998     Document Type: Article

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