Increasing pressure, declining water and climate change in north-eastern Morocco

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 379-388

  Tekken, Vera ^a   Costa, Luis ^a   Kropp, Juergen P ^a,b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Coastal zone; Luxury tourism; North eastern Morocco; Water demand

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84883888790     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-013-0234-7     Document Type: Article

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