Water Resources of Mainland China

Climate Vulnerability: Understanding and Addressing Threats to Essential Resources

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 195-211

  Chen, J ^a   Niu, J ^a   Sun, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Climate; Drought; Flood; Hai River; Huai River; Mainland China; Pearl River; Precipitation; Runoff; South to North Water Diversion; Temperature; Vulnerability; Water Resources; Yangtze River; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RUNOFF; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE; HUAI RIVERS; MAINLAND CHINAS; PEARL RIVER; SOUTH TO NORTH WATER DIVERSION; VULNERABILITY; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

RIVER DIVERSION;

EID: 84902221211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384703-4.00527-X     Document Type: Chapter

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