Robustness of sand storage dams under climate change

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 572-580

  Aerts, Jeroen ^a   Lasage, Ralph ^a   Beets, Wisse ^a   De Moel, Hans ^a   Mutiso, Gideon ^b   Mutiso, Sam ^b   De Vries, Arjen ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b SASDL   (Kenya)

^c ACACIA Institute

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DAM; EVAPORATION; RUNOFF; SAND; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN PROVINCE [KENYA]; KENYA; KITUI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548456452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0097     Document Type: Article

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