Characterizing vulnerability to water scarcity: The case of a groundwater-dependent, rapidly urbanizing region

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-418

  Collins, Timothy W ^a   Bolin, Bob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Urbanization; Vulnerability; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GIS; GROUNDWATER; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549060056     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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