Global Water: Issues and Insights
by David Allendes et al.
Publisher: ANU Press 2014
ISBN/ASIN: 1925021661
ISBN-13: 9781925021660
Number of pages: 249
Description:
This book brings together some of the world's leading water researchers with an especially written collection of chapters on: water economics; transboundary water; water and development; water and energy; and water concepts.
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