no·ri·a
(nôr
ʹ
ē-ə)
n.
A water wheel with buckets attached to its rim, used to raise water
from a stream, especially for transfer to an irrigation channel.
[Spanish, from Arabic]
NORIA21
SM
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N
ormative,
O
riented towards
R
esults,
I
ndicator
A
nalysis for the
21
st century.
Using this framework, we derive a set of common
objectives
and indicators of sustainable development
and help with their implementation.