Incorporating climate change into water resources planning for the town of Polokwane, South Africa

Climatic Change

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 437-456

  Cullis, James ^a,b   Strzepek, Ken ^b   Tadross, Mark ^c   Sami, Karim ^d   Havenga, Beyers ^e   Gildenhuys, Burgert ^f   Smith, Joel ^g  

^a Ninham Shand Consulting Services   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d WSM Lesheika ^*  (South Africa)

^e DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY   (South Africa)

^f BC Gildenhys and Associates   (South Africa)

^g ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SCENARIOS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; POTENTIAL THREATS; PROJECT PLANNING; REGIONAL CIRCULATION MODELS; RESOURCE PLANNING; RIVER CATCHMENT; SAND RIVERS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; STORAGE CAPACITY; SURFACE WATER RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE GROWTH; SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES; WATER RESOURCE PLANNING; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING; WIN-WIN; WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS; YIELD MODELS;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; STAKEHOLDER; SURFACE WATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

LIMPOPO; OLIFANTS BASIN; POLOKWANE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80052922315     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9891-9     Document Type: Article

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