Implementing the Water Framework Directive: How to Define a “Competent Authority”
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1936-7031
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-704x.2006.mp135001008.x