The challenges of water governance in Ho Chi Minh City

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 345-352

  van Leeuwen, Cornelis J ^a,b   Dan, Nguyen P ^c   Dieperink, Carel ^b  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Blue City Index; City Blueprint; Climate change; Water pollution; Water stress index

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBANIZATION; VIET NAM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GROUNDWATER; POPULATION GROWTH; URBANIZATION; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84937231473     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1664     Document Type: Article

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