Managing urban water supplies in developing countries - Climate change and water scarcity scenarios

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 330-339

  Vairavamoorthy, Kala ^a   Gorantiwar, Sunil D ^b   Pathirana, Assela ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b MAHATMA PHULE KRISHI VIDYAPEETH   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Demand management; Intermittent water supply; Urban water supply; Water resource scarcity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; OPTIMIZATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

INTERMITTENT WATER SUPPLY; URBAN WATER SUPPLIES; WATER RESOURCE SCARCITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; OUTFLOW; RESOURCE SCARCITY; URBAN AREA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 43749098301     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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