Models, assumptions, and stakeholders: Planning for water supply variability in the Colorado River Basin

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 381-398

  Garrick, Dustin ^a   Jacobs, Katharine ^b   Garfin, Gregg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Arizona Water Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado River; Drought; Public planning; River system models; Water management; Water supply variability

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER SUPPLY;

COLORADO RIVER; PUBLIC PLANNING; RIVER SYSTEM MODELS; WATER SUPPLY VARIABILITY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

DROUGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT; MODEL; PLANNING PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE-OFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; COLORADO BASIN; GLEN CANYON DAM; HOOVER DAM; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149108245     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00154.x     Document Type: Review

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