100 years of California's water rights system: Patterns, trends and uncertainty

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Grantham, Theodore E ^a   Viers, Joshua H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

rivers; surface water; water resources management; water rights

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; INVESTMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RIVERS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

BILLION CUBIC METERS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS; MEAN ANNUAL RUNOFFS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARDS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER RIGHTS;

WATER RESOURCES;

HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL SYSTEM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER BASIN; SURFACE WATER; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908564250     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/8/084012     Document Type: Article

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