Community-based groundwater and ecosystem restoration in semi-arid north Rajasthan (1): Socio-economic progress and lessons for groundwater-dependent areas

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-135

  Everard, Mark ^a  

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

Author keywords

Community; Governance; Groundwater; Rajasthan; Recharge; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946737761     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.011     Document Type: Article

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