Managing water in a changing world

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 618-628

  Cassardo, Claudio ^a   Jones, J Anthony A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; IPCC; Population growth; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888800278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w3020618     Document Type: Editorial

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