Risk-based climate-change impact assessment for the water industry

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 443-451

  Thorne, O M ^a   Fenner, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Impact analysis; Reservoir water quality; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; IMPACT ANALYSIS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PROBABILISTIC DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; RESERVOIR WATER QUALITY; RISK-BASED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER INDUSTRIES; WATER SYSTEM;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; CHLOROPHYLL; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDUSTRY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER;

EID: 62849085999     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.877     Document Type: Article

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