Groundwater in Spain: increasing role, evolution, present and future

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2567-2578

  Llamas, M R ^a   Custodio, E ^b   de la Hera, A ^c   Fornes J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Integrated water resource management; Spain; Water law; Water management; Water planning; Water policy

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPAIN; WATER LAWS; WATER PLANNING; WATER POLICIES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84925493387     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-4004-0     Document Type: Article

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