Governing and managing water resources under changing hydro-climatic contexts: The case of the upper Rhone basin

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-67

  Clarvis, Margot Hill ^a   Fatichi, Simone ^b   Allan, Andrew ^c   Fuhrer, Jürg ^d   Stoffel, Markus ^a,e   Romerio, Franco ^a   Gaudard, Ludovic ^a   Burlando, Paolo ^b   Beniston, Martin ^a   Xoplaki, Elena ^f   Toreti, Andrea ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change impacts; Rhone basin; Switzerland; Water governance; Water management

Indexed keywords

ICE; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FLOODING; HAZARD; HYDROLOGY; HYDROPOWER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84906237018     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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