A critical assessment of groundwater governance in Tunisia

Water Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 358-373

  Frija, Aymen ^a   Chebil, Ali ^b   Speelman, Stijn ^c   Faysse, Nicolas ^d  

^a University of Carthage Tunisia   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Governance; Groundwater; Participation; Regulation; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899842963     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2013.038     Document Type: Article

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