Assessing chronic and climate-induced water risk through spatially distributed cumulative deficit measures: A new picture of water sustainability in India

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2135-2145

  Devineni, Naresh ^a   Perveen, Shama ^a   Lall, Upmanu ^a,b  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

climate variability; cumulative deficit; multiyear stress; regional sustainability; storage; water rights; water risk index

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY STORAGE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CUMULATIVE DEFICIT; REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY; RISK INDICES; WATER RIGHTS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROUNDWATER; RAINFALL; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA;

EID: 84878198347     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20184     Document Type: Article

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