Water Footprint Assessment (WFA) for better water governance and sustainable development

Water Resources and Industry

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-6

  Zhang, G P ^a   Hoekstra, A Y ^a,b   Mathews, R E ^a  

^a Water Footprint Network   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84882761391     PISSN: 22123717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wri.2013.06.004     Document Type: Editorial

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