A century of water supply expansion for ten U.S. cities

Applied Geography

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-76

  Chowdhury, Farhat ^a   Lant, Christopher ^a   Dziegielewski, Benedykt ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Municipal water supply; Urban water use; Water sources; Water utilities

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; URBAN AREA; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883747835     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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