Human needs and environmental rights to water: A biocultural systems approach to hydrodevelopment and management

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Johnston, B R ^a  

^a Center for Political Ecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocultural diversity; Cultural flows; Environmental flows; Hydrodevelopment; River basin management; Special Feature; Sustainability; Sustainability on the U.S. Mexico Border

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900463751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00370.1     Document Type: Article

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