Secular regime shifts, global warming and Sydney's water supply

Geographical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-241

  Warner, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Flood and drought dominated regimes; Global warming; Regime shifts; Sydney; Urban water supply

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EXPLOITATION; FLOODING; GLOBAL WARMING; RUNOFF; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 68549094540     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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