Pros and cons of adopting water-wise approaches in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya: A socio-economic view

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-216

  Bekchanov, Maksud ^a   Lamers, John P A ^b   Martius, Christopher ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b URGENCH STATE UNIVERSITY   (Uzbekistan)

^c Inter American Institute for Global Change Research IAI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Financial viability; Khorezm region; SWOT; Uzbekistan; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

FINANCIAL VIABILITY; KHOREZM REGION; SWOT; UZBEKISTAN; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85054551929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w2020200     Document Type: Article

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