Drought response measures in dampening urban demand

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 167, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 435-441

  Neal, Brad ^a   Mackellar, Peter ^b   Davies, Robert Glyn ^c   Ampt, Elizabeth ^d  

^a SKM   (Australia)

^b Middle East and Africa Water and Environment Manager SKM   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d Concepts of Change ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrology water resource risk probability analysis water supply

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; DROUGHT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

BUILDING REGULATIONS; EDUCATION PROGRAMMES; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; MILLENNIUM DROUGHTS; PROBABILITY ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION SCHEME; WATER SAVING MEASURES; WATER-SAVING DEVICES;

POTABLE WATER;

CONSERVATION; DRINKING WATER; DROUGHT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84933523792     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.12.00116     Document Type: Article

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