Impacts of climate change and urban development on water resources in the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-271

  Praskievicz, Sarah ^a   Chang, Heejun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrological modeling; Urban development; Water quality; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

OREGON; TUALATIN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952368963     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.544934     Document Type: Article

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