Climate change and water resources management in Tuwei river basin of Northwest China

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-120

  Xiao jun, Wang ^a,b,c   Jian yun, Zhang ^b,c   Jian hua, Wang ^a   Rui min, He ^a,b,c   ElMahdi, Amgad ^d   Jin hua, Liu ^a   Xin gong, Wang ^e   King, David ^d   Shahid, Shamsuddin ^f  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^b NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^e Yellow River Basin Water Resources Protection Bureau   (China)

^f UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Northwest China; System dynamics; Systems thinking; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA;

EID: 84891631883     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-012-9430-2     Document Type: Article

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