State of the World's Water Resources

Climate Vulnerability: Understanding and Addressing Threats to Essential Resources

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-23

  Fekete, B M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Variability; Water availability; Water use

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTABLE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

CHANGING CLIMATE; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GLOBAL POPULATION; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; SAFE DRINKING WATER; VARIABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84890195065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384703-4.00506-2     Document Type: Chapter

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