Sustainability standards and the water question

Development and Change

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-230

  Vos, Jeroen ^a   Boelens, Rutgerd ^a,b,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c Colegio San Luis Potośi ^*  (Mexico)

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EID: 84894525351     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dech.12083     Document Type: Article

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