Cross-basin comparisons of water use, water scarcity and their impact on livelihoods: Present and future

Water International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 144-154

  Harrington, Larry ^a,b   Cook, Simon E ^a,c   Lemoalle, Jacques ^a,d   Kirby, Mac ^a,e   Taylor, Clare ^f   Woolley, Jonathan ^a  

^a CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food   (Sri Lanka)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f Research Consultant   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Demographic change; Diversification; Intensification; Poverty measures; Rural transformation; Water accounting; Water availability; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249111306     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060802661584     Document Type: Article

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