Water policy in Jordan

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 322-334

  Alqadi, Khaled A ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

desalination infrastructure; Jordan; policies; water management

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; DESALINATION; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

DOMESTIC WATER; JORDAN; LONG TERM PLANNING; PLANNING ASPECTS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS; RED SEA; WATER POLICIES;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

DESALINATION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; JORDAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 84897422432     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2013.876234     Document Type: Article

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