Groundwater depletion and agricultural land use change in the high plains: A case study from Wichita County, Kansas

Professional Geographer

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-235

  Kettle, Nathan ^a   Harrington, Lisa ^b   Harrington Jr , John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Ground water; High Plains; Human dimensions of global change; Land use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LAND USE CHANGE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GREAT PLAINS; KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WICHITA COUNTY [KANSAS];

EID: 34247528170     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2007.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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