Stream restoration under conditions of water scarcity: Insight from the Israeli experience avital gasith

Water Wisdom: Preparing the Groundwork for Cooperative and Sustainable Water Management in the Middle East

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 136-147

  Hershkovitz, Yaron ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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