The importance of institutional asymmetries to the development of binational aquifer assessment programs: The Arizona-Sonora experience

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 949-963

  Megdal, Sharon B ^a   Scott, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional asymmetries; Transboundary aquifers; Transboundary waters; Water management; Water policy

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BINS; ECONOMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

INSTITUTIONAL ASYMMETRIES; INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENTS; LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING; SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER; WATER POLICIES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84981312251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w3030949     Document Type: Article

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