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Towards Sustainable Water Use: Experiences from the Projects AFRHINET and Baltic Flows

Authors : Walter Leal Filho, Josep de la Trincheria, Johanna Vogt

Published in: Sustainable Water Use and Management

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the subject sustainable water use and discusses its many ramifications. It also introduces two projects being undertaken at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, which aim to put the principles of sustainable water management into practice.

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Title: Towards Sustainable Water Use: Experiences from the Projects AFRHINET and Baltic Flows
Authors: Walter Leal Filho
Josep de la Trincheria
Johanna Vogt
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Sustainable Water Use and Management
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-12393-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-12394-3

Copyright Year: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12394-3_21