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Water Resources in Mexico

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These conclusions do not pretend to summarize the richness of the book. They rather seek to highlight the most important issues related to water and water research discussed in the framework of the overall project of the Scientific Network on Water (CONACYT), including the meeting in Cocoyoc in January 2009 and the one in Cuernavaca 2010, as well as the papers presented there. This book is a first attempt at offering an inter-institutional and multidisciplinary dialogue on water. Given the complexity of the topic, it is an important first step in that direction. The authors and the editor have tried to keep the most integral vision possible and to integrate existing research and research webs. This book establishes a state-ofthe- art diagnosis of water research in Mexico and reviews the most pressing issues.

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Spring, Ú.O. (2012). Concluding Remarks. In: Oswald Spring, Ú. (eds) Water Resources in Mexico. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05432-7_34

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