Vulnerability of water supply from the Oregon Cascades to changing climate: Linking science to users and policy

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-122

  Farley, Kathleen A ^a   Tague, Christina ^b   Grant, Gordon E ^c,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; McKenzie River; Streamflow; Vulnerability; Water

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WATERSHED;

MCKENZIE BASIN; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751702362     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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