Sustainable water resource management in South Africa: A decade of progress?

Sustainable Development: National Aspirations, Local Implementation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 67-90

  Quinn, Nevil ^a   Marriott, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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