A hydrologic-economic modeling approach for analysis of urban water supply dynamics in Chennai, India

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Srinivasan, Veena ^a   Gorelick, Steven M ^a   Goulder, Lawrence ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIORS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC MODELING; ECONOMIC MODELS; MULTIPLE SOURCE; MULTIYEAR DROUGHTS; PUBLIC WATER UTILITIES; RESERVOIR SYSTEMS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; URBAN WATER SUPPLY; URBAN WATER SYSTEMS; WATER CRISIS; WATER MARKET;

AQUIFERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; TANKERS (SHIPS); WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; URBAN AREA; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 77953667846     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008693     Document Type: Article

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