Drought Management Plans in the European Union. The Case of Spain

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1537-1553

  Estrela, Teodoro ^a,b   Vargas, Elisa ^c  

^a Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Evaluación de Recursos Naturales S A EVREN S A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought; Drought management plans; Environment; European Union; Spain; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLANS; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; SPAIN; WATER SCARCITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; EUROPEAN UNION; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

SPAIN;

EID: 84859109837     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9971-2     Document Type: Review

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