Water in India: Situation and prospects

Water Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 425-441

  Cronin, Aidan A ^a   Prakash, Anjal ^b   Priya, Satya ^c   Coates, Sue ^a  

^a Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) UNICEF India Country Office UNICEF House   (India)

^b South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies   (India)

^c Avian Influenza   (India)

Author keywords

India; Water quality; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904412796     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.132     Document Type: Review

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