A pragmatic methodology for horizon scanning of water quality linked to future climate and land use scenarios

Land Use Policy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 131-144

  Dunn, Sarah M ^a   Towers, Willie ^a   Dawson, Julian J C ^a   Sample, James ^a   McDonald, Jannette ^a,b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diffuse pollution; Land use; Scenario; Transition matrices; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND USE CHANGE; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84921021277     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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