Water Resource Models in the Mekong Basin: A Review

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 429-455

  Johnston, Robyn ^a   Kummu, Matti ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hydrological modelling; Impact assessment; Mekong River Basin; Water resources modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH; COSTS AND BENEFITS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ECONOMIC MODELS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GEO-SPATIAL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; IN-BUILDINGS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED MODELLING; MEKONG RIVER; MODEL PLATFORM; MODELLING TOOLS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE MODEL; SOCIAL DOMAINS; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; SOCIAL SURVEY; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING; REGIONAL PLANNING; SURVEYS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WATER RESOURCES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE USE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

MEKONG BASIN;

EID: 84855230870     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9925-8     Document Type: Review

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