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Sustainable management of groundwater in Mexico : proceedings of a workshop / Laura Holliday ... [et al.].
- Title
- Sustainable management of groundwater in Mexico : proceedings of a workshop / Laura Holliday ... [et al.].
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2007.
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- Description
- xii, 111 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.
- Summary
- This report contains a collection of papers presented at a workshop in Merida, Mexico?Strengthening Science-Based Decision Making: Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico. The cross-cutting themes of the workshop were the elements or principles of science-based decision making and the role of the scientific community in ensuring that science is an integral part of the decision making process. Papers included in this volume describe the groundwater resources of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, approaches to managing groundwater in Mexico and governmental and scientific institutions concerned with water resources. Other papers discuss US approaches to managing scarce water resources. Participants in the workshop included representatives from leading scientific and academic institutions, federal state and local governments, non-governmental organizations and businesses.
- Alternative Title
- Strengthening science-based decision making in developing countries
- Management of groundwater in Mexico
- Strengthening science-based decision making for sustainable management of groundwater in Mexico
- Science-based decision making for sustainable management of groundwater in Mexico
- Decision making for sustainable management of groundwater in Mexico
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Note
- "Science and Technology for Sustainability Program, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies."
- " ... first workshop 'Strengthening Science-Based Decision Making for Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico' was a joint workshop between the U.S. National Academies and the Mexican Academy of Sciences ... held February 8-10, 2004, in Méruda, Mexico."--P. vii.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Funding (note)
- Workshop supported by the United States Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) and the American Chemistry Council. Summary funded in part by the EPA
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780309105828
- 030910582X
- LCCN
- ^^2007279092
- OCLC
- 154666562
- SCSB-11682527
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library