Ten major rivers in monsoon Asia-Pacific: An assessment of vulnerability

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 441-454

  Varis, Olli ^a   Kummu, Matti ^a   Salmivaara, Aura ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asia; Geospatial databases; River basin; Vulnerability assessment; Water resources

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MONSOON; RIVER BASIN; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CHAO PHRAYA RIVER; CHINA; GANGES RIVER; GUANGDONG; INDUS RIVER; IRRAWADDY RIVER; MEKONG RIVER; MYANMAR; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM; RED RIVER [ASIA]; SALWEEN RIVER; THAILAND; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 79960440187     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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