Impacts of sea-level rise and urbanization on groundwater availability and sustainability of coastal communities in semi-arid South Texas

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2503-2515

  Uddameri, Venkatesh ^a   Singaraju, Sreeram ^a   Hernandez, E Annette ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change impact assessment; Groundwater availability; Salt water intrusion; Sea level rise; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; PLANNING; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; HYDROGEOLOGIC PARAMETER; SEA LEVEL RISE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; UNCERTAINTY AND VARIABILITY; URBANIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897606971     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2904-z     Document Type: Article

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