Coping with the curse of freshwater variability: Institutions, infrastructure, and information for adaptation

Science

Volumn 346, Issue 6208, 2014, Pages 429-430

  Hall, J W ^a   Grey, D ^a   Garrick, D ^b   Fung, F ^c   Brown, C ^d   Dadson, S J ^a   Sadoff, C W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FLOODING; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; INFORMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; ARTICLE; DISASTER; ECONOMICS; HYDROLOGY; INVESTMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER; THAILAND;

DISASTERS; DROUGHTS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FLOODS; FRESH WATER; HYDROLOGY; INVESTMENTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; SECURITY MEASURES; THAILAND; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84908223903     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1257890     Document Type: Short Survey

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