The potential impact of climate change in ontario’s grand river basin: Water supply and demand issues

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 307-330

  Southam, Charles F ^a   Mills, Brian N ^a   Moulton, Ralph J ^a   Brown, Douglas W ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE; WATER USE ANALYSIS MODEL (WUAM);

RIVERS;

EID: 0033309008     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj2404307     Document Type: Article

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