Assessing the vulnerability of water supply to changing streamflow conditions

Eos

Volumn 95, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 288-

  Nazemi, Alireza ^a   Wheater, Howard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Streamflow regimes; Vulnerability assessment; Water resource systems; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; STREAMFLOW; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84905992165     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: 23249250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014EO320007     Document Type: Review

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