Water resources implications of integrating malaria control into the operation of an Ethiopian dam

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Reis, Julia ^a   Culver, Teresa B ^a   McCartney, Matthew ^b   Lautze, Jonathan ^c   Kibret, Solomon ^d  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; ETHIOPIA; HYDROLOGICAL CONTROLS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALARIA TRANSMISSION; MANAGEMENT REGIME; MOSQUITO VECTORS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RESERVOIR OPERATION; RESERVOIR WATER; VECTOR MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FLOOD CONTROL; IRRIGATION; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

MALARIA CONTROL;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DAM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; IRRIGATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ETHIOPIA; KOKA RESERVOIR;

BISCHOFIA JAVANICA;

EID: 80053609352     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010166     Document Type: Article

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