Integrated Water Resources Management: Contrasting principles, policy, and practice, Awash River Basin, Ethiopia

Water Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 335-354

  Mersha, Adey Nigatu ^a   De Fraiture, Charlotte ^a   Mehari, Abraham ^a   Masih, Ilyas ^a   Alamirew, Tena ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b Water and Land Resources Center   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Basin authorities; IWRM implementation; Water management; Water sector reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965118453     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2015.049     Document Type: Article

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