Water Sustainability: Anthropological Approaches and Prospects

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Annual Review of Anthropology

• Publication date

  2010-09-23

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV.ANTHRO.012809.105045
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