Water Resources Vulnerability in the Context of Rapid Urbanization of Dhaka City (a South Asian Megacity)

Climate Vulnerability: Understanding and Addressing Threats to Essential Resources

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 393-404

  Hossain, F ^a   Degu, A M ^a   Woldemichael, A T ^a   Yigzaw, W ^a   Mitra, C ^b   Shepherd, J M ^c   Siddique E Akbor, A H M ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctive use; Rainfall; Sustainability; Urban runoff; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; WATER CONSERVATION;

CONJUNCTIVE USE; DECISION MAKING TOOL; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES; URBAN RUNOFF; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EID: 84887169208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384703-4.00540-2     Document Type: Chapter

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