Ecosystem services in Mediterranean river basin: Climate change impact on water provisioning and erosion control

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 458-460, Issue , 2013, Pages 246-255

  Bangash, Rubab F ^a   Passuello, Ana ^a   Sanchez Canales, María ^b   Terrado, Marta ^c   López, Alfredo ^b   Elorza, F Javier ^b   Ziv, Guy ^d   Acuña, Vicenç ^c   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b Dpto de Automatic Ingenieria Electronica e Informatics Industrial DISAM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem services mapping; Hydrological ecosystem services; Sediment retention; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HYDRO POWER PRODUCTION; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; SEDIMENT RETENTION; SPATIAL VISUALIZATION; WATER SCARCITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA VISUALIZATION; EROSION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DRINKING WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EROSION CONTROL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MAPPING; RESERVOIR; RETENTION; VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DREDGING; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HYDROPOWER; MOUNTAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SOIL EROSION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; SPAIN; WATER SUPPLY;

CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LLOBREGAT BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 84877335347     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.025     Document Type: Article

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