Future long-term changes in global water resources driven by socio-economic and climatic changes

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-275

  Alcamo, Joseph ^a   Flörke, Martina ^a   Märker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change and water; Global change; Global water resources; Water availability; Water scenarios; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

GLOBAL WATER RESOURCES; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS; WATER WITHDRAWALS;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

EID: 34147220471     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.52.2.247     Document Type: Article

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