Sustainability of water resources management in the Indus Basin under changing climatic and socio economic conditions

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1669-1680

  Archer, D R ^a,b   Forsythe, N ^a   Fowler, H J ^a   Shah, S M ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JBA CONSULTING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC TRENDS; CONCURRENT RAINFALL; DOMESTIC DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FOOD SECURITY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; OVER-ABSTRACTION; PAKISTAN; POPULATION CHANGE; POTENTIAL CHANGE; RAINFALL REGIME; RESERVOIR STORAGE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; FOOD SUPPLY; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOOD SECURITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MASS BALANCE; POPULATION GROWTH; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

INDUS BASIN; INDUS DELTA; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 77956284516     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1669-2010     Document Type: Article

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