TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND THE WATER INDUSTRY: SOME OBSERVATIONS
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Water Resources Journal
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0701-1784,1918-1817
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj1804531