Improved method to calculate a water poverty index at local scale

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1287-1298

  Garriga, Ricard Giń ^a   Foguet, Agustí Ṕrez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Aggregates; Water allocation policy; Water management; Water shortage

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGGREGATION FUNCTIONS; AGGREGATION METHODS; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CURRENT INDEX; IMPROVED METHODS; LOCAL SCALE; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLICATIVE FUNCTIONS; POLICY MAKING; PRIORITIZATION PROCESS; RESOURCES ALLOCATION; SELECTION CRITERIA; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; UNIVERSAL APPLICATION; WATER ALLOCATION POLICY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SHORTAGE; WATER STRESS;

WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

AGGREGATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS;

KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; TURKANA;

EID: 79955887198     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000255     Document Type: Article

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