A review of hydrological modelling of basin-scale climate change and urban development impacts

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 650-671

  Praskievicz, Sarah ^a   Chang, Heejun ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin hydrology; Climate change; Hydrological modelling; Urban development; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RUNOFF; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 70350446517     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133309348098     Document Type: Article

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