The impact of urbanization on water vulnerability: A coupled human-environment system approach for Chennai, India

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-239

  Srinivasan, Veena ^a   Seto, Karen C ^b   Emerson, Ruth ^c   Gorelick, Steven M ^d  

^a Development and Security   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; India; Sustainable; Urbanization; Vulnerability; Water

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WELL WATER;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84872616031     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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