Managing the village-level open-access water resources in a region facing rapidly declining water availability

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 999-1012

  Roy, Mousumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Management issues; Surface water; Sustainability; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893674538     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-010-9237-9     Document Type: Article

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