Balancing groundwater conservation and rural livelihoods under water and climate uncertainties: An integrated hydro-economic modeling framework

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 604-619

  Varela Ortega, Consuelo ^a   Blanco Gutiérrez, Irene ^a   Swartz, Christopher H ^b   Downing, Thomas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural policies; Climate uncertainty; Economic model; Hydrology model; Integrated modeling; Water policies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPEAN UNION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

SPAIN;

EID: 79956279787     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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