Coping with changing water resources: The case of the Syr Darya river basin in Central Asia

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-77

  Sorg, A ^a,b   Mosello, B ^c   Shalpykova, G ^d,e   Allan, A ^f   Hill Clarvis, M ^a   Stoffel, M ^a,b  

^a Battelle Geneva Research Center   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences   (Kyrgyzstan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrology; Syr Darya river basin; Transboundary river basin; Water governance

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOPERATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLACIATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KYRGYZSTAN; POLICY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUMMER; USSR; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEFICIT; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

EID: 84904743693     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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