The 'nexus' as a step back towards a more coherent water resource management paradigm

Water Alternatives

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 675-694

  Muller, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Energy security; Environmental policy; Food security; Political economy analysis; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

LOBBYING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84922287299     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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