Alaska's Freshwater Resources: Issues Affecting Local and International Interests

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-157

  Alessa, Lilian ^a   Altaweel, Mark ^b,d   Kliskey, Andrew ^a   Bone, Christopher ^a   Schnabel, William ^c   Stevenson, Kalb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Resource development; Social ecological; Water markets; Water use

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; FRESHWATER SUPPLY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBAL SCALE; RESOURCE ACCESS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RURAL COMMUNITY; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL; WATER MARKETS; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

COMMERCE; ECOLOGY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FRESHWATER; LIMITING FACTOR; MARKET SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251477214     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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