Vulnerability of the electricity and water sectors to climate change in the midwest

Climate Change in the Midwest: Impacts, Risks, Vulnerability, and Adaptation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 158-177

  Gotham, D J ^a   Angel, J R ^b   Pryor, S C ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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