Water governance and adaptation to climate change in the indus river basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PC, 2014, Pages 2527-2537

  Yang, Yi Chen E ^a   Brown, Casey ^a   Yu, Winston ^b   Wescoat, James ^c   Ringler, Claudia ^d  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

1991 indus water apportionment accord; Coupled natural human system; Water allocation; Water management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; GROUNDWATER; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

1991 INDUS WATER APPORTIONMENT ACCORD; ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES; GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS; HUMAN SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; WATER ALLOCATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

INDUS BASIN;

EID: 84912000813     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.08.055     Document Type: Article

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