Policy implications of climate variability on agriculture: Water management in the Po river basin, Italy

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-38

  Bozzola, Martina ^a   Swanson, Timothy ^a  

^a GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategies; Climate change; Climate variability; Po basin; Water management

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WELFARE; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84906089887     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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