Environmental Flows in a Human-Dominated System: Integrated Water Management Strategies for the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin

River Research and Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1053-1065

  Lane, B A ^a   Sandoval Solis, S ^a   Porse, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental flows; Integrated water management; Reservoir re operation; Transboundary basin

Indexed keywords

POLICY APPROACH; RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; RIO GRANDE BASIN [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946499952     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2804     Document Type: Article

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