Global water demand projections: Past, present and future

IWMI Research Report

Volumn 156, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-24

  Amarasinghe, Upali A ^a   Smakhtin, Vladimir ^b  

^a South Asia Regional Office   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 84939171376     PISSN: 10260862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5337/2014.212     Document Type: Article

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