Urban water-supply security - Making the best use of groundwater to meet the demands of expanding population under climate change

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 334, Issue , 2009, Pages 221-228

  Foster, Stephen ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Groundwater; Sub Saharan Africa; Urban water supply

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL OUTLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BENEFITS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUPPLY SECURITY; URBAN GROUNDWATER; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN WATERS; WATER SOURCE; WORLD BANK;

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEAVY WATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AQUIFER; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SURFACE WATER; URBAN AREA; UTILITY SECTOR; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 78751669153     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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