Modelling water provision as an ecosystem service in a large East African river basin

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-86

  Notter, B ^a,c   Hurni, H ^a   Wiesmann, U ^a   Abbaspour, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Cantonal Office for the Environment   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASH CROPS; DATA SETS; DOMESTIC USE; EAST AFRICANS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GROWING PERIOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INFORMATION NEED; LIMITED DATA; MODEL RESULTS; PER CAPITA; PRE-PROCESSING; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; RELIABILITY LEVEL; RIVER BASINS; SEQUENTIAL UNCERTAINTY FITTINGS; SIMULATION MODEL; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STAPLE CROPS; TANZANIA; TIME-PERIODS; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER PROVISION; WATER RIGHTS; WATERSHED MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; CULTIVATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; RATING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CALIBRATION; CASH CROPPING; CULTIVATION; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PUBLIC ACCESS; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER BASIN; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

KENYA; PANGANI BASIN; TANZANIA;

EID: 84855798315     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-69-2012     Document Type: Article

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