Water conservation and hydrological transitions in cities in the United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4635-4649

  Hornberger, George M ^a   Hess, David J ^a   Gilligan, Jonathan ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

water conservation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DECISION MAKING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

COMPLEX SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKERS; DEMAND GROWTH; FRESHWATER SOURCES; GROUNDWATER DEPLETION; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; QUALITATIVE CASE STUDIES; QUANTITATIVE DATA;

WATER CONSERVATION;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DECISION MAKING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; URBAN AREA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937516596     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR016943     Document Type: Article

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