A regional and multi-faceted approach to postgraduate water education – The WaterNet experience in Southern Africa

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4225-4232

  Jonker, L ^a   Van Der Zaag, P ^b,c   Gumbo, B ^d   Rockstrom J ^e   Love, D ^f   Savenije, H H G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Cap Net UNDP   (South Africa)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES; INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES; MULTI-FACETED APPROACH; NETWORK ORGANISATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RESEARCH CAPACITIES; SHARED EXPERIENCES;

WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

EDUCATION;

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; OWNERSHIP; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84876112494     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-4225-2012     Document Type: Article

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