A Proposal of Indicators for Sustainable Development in the Management of River Basins
✍ Scribed by Lucy T. Guimarães; Alessandra Magrini
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 297 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0920-4741
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