Linking water resources and global change in West Africa: Options for assessment

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 295, 2005, Pages 297-306

  Meigh, Jeremy ^a   Folwell, Sonja ^a   Sullivan, Caroline ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global change; Vulnerability; Water resources modelling; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GLOBAL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCES MODELING; WEST AFRICA;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; RESOURCE SCARCITY; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17444410398     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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