Water on an urban planet: Urbanization and the reach of urban water infrastructure

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-105

  McDonald, Robert I ^a   Weber, Katherine ^a   Padowski, Julie ^b   Flörke, Martina ^c   Schneider, Christof ^c   Green, Pamela A ^d   Gleeson, Thomas ^e   Eckman, Stephanie ^f   Lehner, Bernhard ^e   Balk, Deborah ^g   Boucher, Timothy ^a   Grill, Günther ^e   Montgomery, Mark ^h  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cities; Cross basin transfer; Desalination; Groundwater; Surface water; Water security

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; GLOBAL ECONOMY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; SURFACE WATER; URBAN GROWTH; WATER STRESS;

EID: 84905186776     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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