Water accounting to assess use and productivity of water: Evolution of a concept and new frontiers

Water Accounting: International Approaches to Policy and Decision-making

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 76-88

  Karimi, Poolad ^a   Molden, David ^b   Bastiaanssen, Wim ^c   Cai, Xueliang ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

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EID: 84880661766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849807500.00012     Document Type: Chapter

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