Roadmap for sustainable water resources in southwestern North America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 21300-21305

  Gleick, Peter H ^a  

^a Pacific Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Freshwater; Soft path; Sustainability; Water management

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; POLICY; POPULATION GROWTH; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78650740702     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005473107     Document Type: Review

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