Climate-driven or human-induced: Indicating severe water scarcity in the Moulouya river basin (Morocco)

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 959-982

  Tekken, Vera ^a   Kropp, Jürgen P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Moulouya river basin; North Africa; Population growth; Regional development; Water availability; Water management; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

MOULOUYA RIVER; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION GROWTH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SCARCITY;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CLIMATE CHANGE; NATURAL RESOURCE; POPULATION GROWTH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RIVER BASIN; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MOROCCO; MOULOUYA RIVER; ORIENTAL;

EID: 84878729126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w4040959     Document Type: Article

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