The UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2012: Assessing the Impacts on Water Resources to Inform Policy Makers

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1085-1109

  Wade, Steven D ^a   Rance, Jemima ^a   Reynard, Nick ^b  

^a HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change risk assessment; Science policy interface; Stakeholder engagement; UK water resources; UKCP09

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS; CLIMATE PROJECTION; EXPERT ELICITATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NATIONAL STATISTICS; SCIENCE - POLICY INTERFACES; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; UKCP09;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; WATER DEMAND; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84873746837     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0205-z     Document Type: Review

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