Water for cities: The impact of climate change and demographic growth in the tropical Andes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Buytaert, W ^a   Bievre, B De ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Unidad de Biodiversidad y Geografía Aplicada   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TOPOLOGY; DATA SETS; DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES; DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GEO-SPATIAL; LOCAL POLICIES; MAJOR CITIES; MEDIAN PROJECTIONS; MULTI-MODEL; OVER WATER; PER CAPITA; POPULATION GROWTH; RECEIVING WATERS; REGIONAL WATER BALANCE; RELATIVE IMPACT; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS; TROPICAL ANDES; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; TOPOLOGY; TROPICS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION GROWTH; TOPOLOGY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ANDES;

EID: 84864862789     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011755     Document Type: Article

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