Supply-and demand-side management of water in Gujarat, India: What can we learn?

Water Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 496-514

  Kishore, Avinash ^a  

^a IFPRI   (India)

Author keywords

Aquifer recharge; Crop diversification; Demand side management; High value agriculture; Interbasin transfer; Supply side management; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880410388     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2013.161     Document Type: Article

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