Assessment of the water supply: DEmand ratios in a Mediterranean basin under different global change scenarios and mitigation alternatives

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 567-577

  Boithias, Laurie ^a   Acuña, Vicenç ^a   Vergoñós, Laura ^a   Ziv, Guy ^b   Marcé, Rafael ^a   Sabater, Sergi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Ebro basin; Ecosystem service assessment; Supply:demand ratio; Water pricing; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; EBRO BASIN; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; SUPPLY:DEMAND RATIO; WATER PRICING; WATER SCARCITY;

ECONOMICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MITIGATION; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EBRO BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; EBRO BASIN; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE ASSESSMENT; SUPPLY:DEMAND RATIO; WATER PRICING; WATER SCARCITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84886616092     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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