Water governance in a comparative perspective: From IWRM to a 'nexus' approach?

Water Alternatives

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 756-773

  Benson, David ^a   Gain, Animesh K ^b   Rouillard, Josselin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Energy; Integrated water resources management (IWRM); Nexus; water governance

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

BANGLADESH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84922311520     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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