Sustaining freshwater and its dependents

State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 51-62

  Postel, Sandra ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

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EID: 84937820807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-458-1_5     Document Type: Chapter

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