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The social, economic, cultural, legal and institutional constraints and issues relative to water management to cope with (high) water scarcity are discussed as oriented to local communities, urban developments, rural areas, user groups, and administrative, public and private organisations which are concerned with water supply.
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Santos Pereira, L., Cordery, I., Iacovides, I. (2009). Social, Economic, Cultural, Legal and Institutional Constraints and Issues. In: Coping with Water Scarcity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9579-5_11
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