The aesthetics of water and land: A promising concept for managing scarce water resources under climate change

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1931, 2010, Pages 5323-5337

  Tielbörger, Katja ^a   Fleischer, Aliza ^b   Menzel, Lucas ^c   Metz, Johannes ^a   Sternberg, Marcelo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Department of Geography ^*  (Germany)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blue green water approach; Ecosystem services; Global change; Integrated land and water resources management; Middle East; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREEN WATER; INTEGRATED LAND AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE EAST; WATER PRODUCTIVITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

FRESH WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; METHODOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WATER SUPPLY; WILD ANIMAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; ESTHETICS; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78649368333     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0143     Document Type: Article

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