Water security and the science agenda

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 5406-5424

  Wheater, Howard S ^a   Gober, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

large scale observatory; modeling and decision support systems; science policy interface; socio hydrology; trans disciplinary water science; water security

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; GROUNDWATER; OBSERVATORIES; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE - POLICY INTERFACES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; WATER SCIENCE; WATER SECURITY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CATCHMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVELOPING WORLD; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOOD DAMAGE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; OBSERVATORY; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION GROWTH; SECURITY THREAT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84939426291     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR016892     Document Type: Article

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