A new framework for strategic planning to stabilize a shrinking lake

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 31-43

  Banihabib, Mohammad Ebrahim ^a   Azarnivand, Ali ^a   Peralta, Richard C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological problem; Iran; Lake Urmia; Shrinking lake; Strategic planning; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926355662     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402381.2014.987409     Document Type: Article

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