The implications of climate change for the water environment in England

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 93-120

  Arnell, Nigel W ^a   Halliday, Sarah J ^a   Battarbee, Richard W ^b   Skeffington, Richard A ^a   Wade, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; estuaries; groundwater; lakes; river flows; water framework directive; water quality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ESTUARY; GROUNDWATER; LAKE WATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84922770286     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: 14770296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133314560369     Document Type: Article

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