Hydro-economic modeling of water scarcity under global change: An application to the Gállego river basin (Spain)

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-132

  Graveline, Nina ^a   Majone, Bruno ^b   van Duinen, Rianne ^c   Ansink, Erik ^d  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Hydro economic modeling; Hydrology; Irrigated agriculture; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893646333     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0472-0     Document Type: Article

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