Pricing China's irrigation water
β Scribed by Michael Webber; Jon Barnett; Brian Finlayson; Mark Wang
- Book ID
- 116512710
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-3780
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