Global and regional water availability and demand: Prospects for the future

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-75

  Sophocleous, Marios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economics of water; Hydrologic cycle; Water use and agriculture; World population

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549115054     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NARR.0000032644.16734.f5     Document Type: Article

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