Energy, water and the arid southwest: Resources and challenges

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2012: Crossing Boundaries, Proceedings of the 2012 Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2803-2813

  Thomson, Bruce ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLES; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BIOFUELS; FOSSIL FUELS; PROVEN RESERVES; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; URANIUM;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84866076626     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784412312.281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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