Groundwater: a regional resource and a regional governance

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1133-1151

  Kumar, Prashant ^a,b   Thakur, Praveen Kumar ^c   Bansod, Baban K S ^a,b   Debnath, Sanjit K ^a,b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ORGANISATION   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater contamination; Groundwater governance; Groundwater remedial measures; Punjab; Water table augmentation

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WATER TABLE;

INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

EID: 85014037408     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: 15732975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-017-9931-y     Document Type: Article

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