Nonstationarity in water resources - Central European perspective

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 550-562

  Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENVIRONMENT   (Poland)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Global change; Nonstationarity; Water management; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPE; CLIMATIC FACTORS; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL CHANGE; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; NON-STATIONARITIES; NONSTATIONARY; POLITICAL CHANGES; WATER ENGINEERING; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS; WATER QUANTITIES;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; FORESTRY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 79957945426     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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