Benefits of greenhouse gas mitigation on the supply, management, and use of water resources in the United States

Climatic Change

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-141

  Strzepek, K ^a   Neumann, J ^b   Smith, J ^c   Martinich, J ^d   Boehlert, B ^b   Hejazi, M ^e   Henderson, J ^c   Wobus, C ^c   Jones, R ^c   Calvin, K ^e   Johnson, D ^b   Monier, E ^a   Strzepek, J ^b   Yoon, J H ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Industrial Economics   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; REGIONAL PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; STRONG CORRELATION; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE; WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DROUGHT STRESS; EMISSION CONTROL; FLOODING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84933678495     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1279-9     Document Type: Article

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