Water resources trends in Middle East and North Africa towards 2050

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3101-3114

  Droogers, P ^a   Immerzeel, W W ^a   Terink, W ^a   Hoogeveen, J ^b   Bierkens, M F P ^c   Van Beek, L P H ^c   Debele, B ^d  

^a FutureWater Wageningen   (Netherlands)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CURRENT SITUATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; MODELING APPROACH; PHYSICALLY BASED; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; WATER ALLOCATION MODELS; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCES AVAILABILITY; WATER SHORTAGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 84865725061     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3101-2012     Document Type: Article

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