Developing key indicators for adaptive water planning

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Groves, David G ^a   Bloom, Evan ^a   Lempert, Robert J ^a   Fischbach, Jordan R ^a   Nevills, Jennifer ^b   Goshi, Brandon ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS; EARLY WARNING INDICATORS; INTEGRATED RESOURCES; QUANTITATIVE DECISION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STATE-OF-THE-ART APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITY;

WATER CRAFT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; FUTURE PROSPECT; METROPOLITAN AREA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER PLANNING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931031051     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000471     Document Type: Article

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