Climate change and water resources in arid mountains: An example from the bolivian andes

Ambio

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 852-863

  Rangecroft, Sally ^a   Harrison, Stephan ^a   Anderson, Karen ^a   Magrath, John ^b   Castel, Ana Paola ^c   Pacheco, Paula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Exeter ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Oxfam House ^*  (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glacier recession; Permafrost; Rock glaciers; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PERMAFROST; ROCK GLACIER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

ALTITUDE; BOLIVIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; REVIEW; WATER SUPPLY;

ALTITUDE; BOLIVIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84891505580     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0430-6     Document Type: Review

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