The global-scale impacts of climate change on water resources and flooding under new climate and socio-economic scenarios

Climatic Change

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 127-140

  Arnell, Nigel W ^a   Lloyd Hughes, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FLOODS; RIVERS;

ABSOLUTE NUMBER; FLOOD FREQUENCY; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS; RELATIVE EFFECTS; RIVER FLOODING; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOODING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STRESS;

EID: 84890568775     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0948-4     Document Type: Article

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