Climate Change Adaptation Indicators to Assess Wastewater Management and Reuse Options in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1175-1191

  Trinh, Long Thi ^a,b   Vu, Giang Nguyen Hoang ^b   Van Der Steen, Peter ^a   Lens, Piet N L ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b Southern Institute of Water Resources Planning   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Indicator; Irrigation; Strategy; Vietnam; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); INVESTMENTS; IRRIGATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; STRATEGY; VIET NAM; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER REUSE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRRIGATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STREAMFLOW; VULNERABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CAN THO; HAU RIVER; MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84874236373     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0227-6     Document Type: Article

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