Linking drought indicators to policy actions in the Tagus basin drought management plan

Water Resources Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 873-882

  Garrote, Luis ^a   Martin Carrasco, Francisco ^a   Flores Montoya, Francisco ^b   Iglesias, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Public Works Council   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought indicators; Drought management; Tagus river; Water resources; Water resources systems

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

DROUGHT INDICATORS; DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS;

DROUGHT;

CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; MODELING; POLICY MAKING; PROBABILITY; RESERVOIR; STREAMFLOW; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS BASIN;

EID: 34247582339     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-9086-3     Document Type: Article

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