Nonstationary water planning: An overview of several promising planning methods

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 535-540

  Waage, Marc D ^a   Kaatz, Laurna ^b  

^a DENVER WATER   (United States)

^b Water Utility Climate Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decision support; Planning; Uncertainty; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DECISION SUPPORT; NONSTATIONARY; PLANNING METHOD; PLANNING PROCESS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PORTFOLIO PLANNING; REAL OPTIONS; ROBUST DECISIONS; SCENARIO PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUANTITIES; WATER SYSTEM; WATER UTILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FUTURE PROSPECT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 79957959300     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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