Will groundwater ease freshwater stress under climate change?

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 665-675

  Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W ^a,b   Döll, Petra ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENVIRONMENT   (Poland)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Freshwater resources; Groundwater; Groundwater recharge; Impacts; Projections

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; CORAL ISLANDS; DRINKING WATER; FRESHWATER RESOURCES; GLOBAL POPULATION; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL; IMPACTS; LAND SURFACE; MEAN PRECIPITATION; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; NORTHEAST BRAZIL; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; PROJECTIONS; RIVER FLOW; RIVER RUNOFFS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEMIARID AREA; STORAGE CAPACITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER STRESS; WATER WITHDRAWAL;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; SURFACE WATERS; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FRESHWATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 70349555986     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.4.665     Document Type: Article

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