Adaptation strategies to climate change and climate variability: A comparative study between seven contrasting river basins

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 30, Issue 6-7 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 339-346

  Droogers, Peter ^a   Aerts, Jeroen ^b  

^a FutureWater Wageningen   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Environment; Food; Modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD PRODUCTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER RESOURCES;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY;

RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; FOOD AVAILABILITY;

EID: 24044549338     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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