This book forms the proceedings of the 18th European conference on irrigation and drainage. Water is not a free commodity, and demand is becoming more and more intense for its allocation. This book focuses on the role of irrigation and drainage in the debate on water, and will be used by planners, d
Residential Water Demand and Economic Development
β Scribed by Terence Lee
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Year
- 1969
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 165
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This study deals with the place of urban public water supplies in economic development and with the demand for such elements of the social infrastructure during the process of economic and social growth.
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