Water access, water scarcity, and climate change

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1027-1039

  Mukheibir, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Access; Adaptation; Climate change; Environment; Scarcity; Sustainable development; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

ACCESS; ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; EQUITABLE ACCESS; HOLISTIC VIEW; WATER MANAGEMENT APPROACHES; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SECTOR; WATER SERVICE; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

WATER;

ACCESSIBILITY; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REVIEW; SAFETY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; POLICY MAKING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77952883567     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9474-6     Document Type: Review

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