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Climate change, population trends and groundwater in Africa

Changement climatique, tendances démographiques et eaux souterraines en Afrique

RICHARD C. CARTER School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AL, UK
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ALISON PARKER School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AL, UK
Pages 676-689 | Received 23 Jan 2009, Accepted 26 Mar 2009, Published online: 19 Dec 2009

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