Spatio-temporal trends in precipitation and their implications for water resources management in climate-sensitive Nepal

Applied Geography

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-146

  Duncan, John M A ^a   Biggs, Eloise M ^a   Dash, Jadunandan ^a   Atkinson, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Livelihoods; Nepal; Poverty; Precipitation; Trends; Water resources

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

NEPAL;

EID: 84880992617     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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