Hydrological consequences of a changing climate: The umgeni water utility case study

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 327, Issue , 2009, Pages 237-246

  Summerton, Mark ^a,b   Schulze, Roland ^a,b  

^a Umgeni Water   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ACRU agrohydrological model; Adaptation; Climate change; Mgeni catchment in kwazulu natal; Sustainable economic development; Water resources management and planning

Indexed keywords

ACRU AGROHYDROLOGICAL MODEL; ADAPTATION; MGENI CATCHMENT IN KWAZULU-NATAL; SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DAMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; PLANNING; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FLOODING; FLUID DYNAMICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; STREAMFLOW; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

KWAZULU-NATAL; MGENI RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79551531733     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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