Vulnerability to Drought of a Complex Water Supply System. The Upper Tiber Basin Case Study (Central Italy)

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4655-4678

  Preziosi, E ^a   Del Bon, A ^a   Romano, E ^a   Petrangeli, A B ^a   Casadei, S ^b  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decision support system; Drought management; Integrated water resources management; Water allocation model; Water shortage

Indexed keywords

DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORKS; DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; MEAN PRECIPITATION; VULNERABILITY INDEX; VULNERABILITY REDUCTIONS; WATER ALLOCATION MODELS; WATER SHORTAGES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; MAPS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ITALY; TIBER BASIN;

EID: 84883753290     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0434-9     Document Type: Article

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