Global analysis of urban surface water supply vulnerability

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Padowski, Julie C ^a   Gorelick, Steven M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

global; urban; vulnerability; water resources

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; URBAN; URBAN SURFACE WATERS; VULNERABILITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; POPULATION GROWTH; REMEDIATION; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84907894495     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/104004     Document Type: Article

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