Climate-proofing transboundary water agreements;Protéger les accords sur les eaux transfrontalières contre le climat

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 711-718

  Cooley, Heather ^a   Gleick, Peter H ^a  

^a Pacific Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme events; International agreements; Transboundary water resources; Water management; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION STRATEGY; CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATIC CHANGES; EXTREME EVENTS; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SYSTEM OPERATION; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES; WATER QUANTITIES;

CLIMATE CONTROL; CONTRACTS; FLOOD CONTROL; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FRESHWATER; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 79960377758     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2011.576651     Document Type: Review

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