Geospatial indicators of emerging water stress: An application to Africa

Ambio

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-236

  Vörösmarty, Charles J ^a   Douglas, Ellen M ^b   Green, Pamela A ^c   Revenga, Carmen ^d  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Applied GeoSolutions   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20644437750     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-34.3.230     Document Type: Article

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51. First submitted 16 April 2005. Revised manuscript received 22 April 2004. Accepted for publication 4 May 2004.