Integrated mapping of groundwater drought risk in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region;Cartographie intégrée du risque d'assèchement de nappe dans la région de la Southern African Developpement Community (SADC)

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 863-885

  Villholth, Karen G ^a,b   Tøttrup, Christian ^c   Stendel, Martin ^d   Maherry, Ashton ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c DHI GRAS A S   (Denmark)

^d DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate change; Geographic information systems; Groundwater drought; Risk mapping

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; GIS; GROUNDWATER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84878271944     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-013-0968-1     Document Type: Article

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