Adapting to climate change in the Volta Basin, West Africa

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1033-1037

  van de Giesen, Nick ^a   Liebe, Jens ^b   Jung, Gerlinde ^c,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Institute of Atmospheric Pollution   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Volta basin; Water resources; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954171657     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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