Responding to drought: Common threads from the past, visions for the future

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 951-959

  Wilhite, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought planning; Social and political; Water management; Water policy; Water resources planning

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

DROUGHT PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

USA;

EID: 0031258763     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1997.tb04116.x     Document Type: Review

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