Public perceptions of climate and cryosphere change in typical arid inland river areas of China: Facts, impacts and selections of adaptation measures

Quaternary International

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-57

  Deng, Maozhi ^a   Qin, Dahe ^a   Zhang, Hongguang ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CRYOSPHERE; PERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RIVER FLOW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AKSU BASIN; CHINA; URUMQI BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84869496223     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.04.033     Document Type: Article

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