Water availability and vulnerability of 225 large cities in the United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Padowski, Julie C ^a   Jawitz, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AT-RISK POPULATION; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS; HYDRAULIC METHODS; LARGE CITIES; MEAN AVAILABILITY; NATIONAL ASSESSMENT; NATURAL WATERS; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; TEXT ANALYSIS; URBAN SYSTEMS; URBAN WATER SUPPLY; URBAN WATERS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOWS; WATER SCARCITY;

RUNOFF;

HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT;

ABUNDANCE; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LOW FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871596237     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012335     Document Type: Article

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