Putting WASH in the water cycle: Climate change, water resources and the future of water, sanitation and hygiene challenges in Pacific Island Countries

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 183-191

  Hadwen, Wade L ^a   Powell, Bronwyn ^b   MacDonald, Morgan C ^a   Elliott, Mark ^c,d   Chan, Terence ^e   Gernjak, Wolfgang ^f   Aalbersberg, William G L ^g  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b International Water Centre   (Australia)

^c Univ of Alabama   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Integrated water resource management; Sustainable development; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936939009     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2015.133     Document Type: Review

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