The socio-economic impacts of climate change on water resources in South Africa

Water International

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-278

  Juana, James S ^a   Mangadi, Kagiso T ^a   Strzepek, Kenneth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; household welfare; sectoral output; value added; water availability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862283746     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2012.687505     Document Type: Article

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