Estimating the impact of global change on flood and drought risks in Europe: A continental, integrated analysis

Climatic Change

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-299

  Lehner, Bernhard ^a,b   Döll, Petra ^a   Alcamo, Joseph ^a   Henrichs, Thomas ^a   Kaspar, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; WATER RESOURCES;

GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES; WATER USE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOODING; GLOBAL CHANGE; MITIGATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33744457305     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-6338-4     Document Type: Article

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