An introduction to the special issue on tackling challenging water resources problems in Canada: A systems approach

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-11

  Hipel, Keith W ^a   Fang, Liping ^a,b   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^c   Bristow, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTED SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH; SOCIETAL SYSTEMS; SOUND SYSTEMS; SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS APPROACH; SYSTEMS THINKING; WATER POLICIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84880957956     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2013.773643     Document Type: Article

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