Multi-Level Water Governance: Coping with Problems of Scale

Publikation: Bücher und AnthologienZeitschriftenhefteForschung

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Multi-Level Water Governance: Coping with Problems of Scale. / Newig, Jens (Herausgeber*in); Moss, Timothy (Herausgeber*in).
Springer, 2010. 142 S. (Environmental Management; Band 46, Nr. 1).

Publikation: Bücher und AnthologienZeitschriftenhefteForschung

Harvard

Newig, J & Moss, T (Hrsg.) 2010, Multi-Level Water Governance: Coping with Problems of Scale. Environmental Management, Nr. 1, Bd. 46, Springer.

APA

Newig, J., & Moss, T. (Hrsg.) (2010). Multi-Level Water Governance: Coping with Problems of Scale. (Environmental Management; Band 46, Nr. 1). Springer.

Vancouver

Newig J, (ed.), Moss T, (ed.). Multi-Level Water Governance: Coping with Problems of Scale. Springer, 2010. 142 S. (Environmental Management; 1).

Bibtex

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