Sustainable cities and the groundwater governance challenge

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2543-2554

  Howard, Ken W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cities; Governance; Groundwater; Sustainability; Urban

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DECISION MAKING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POPULATION STATISTICS; POTABLE WATER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURFACE WATERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CITIES; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; GOVERNANCE; GROUNDWATER GOVERNANCES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; URBAN; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EID: 84923702381     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3370-y     Document Type: Article

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