Performance of a rain barrel sharing network under climate change

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3466-3485

  Noh, Seong Jin ^a   Chung, Eun Sung ^b   Seo, Yongwon ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate change; Rain barrel sharing network; Rainwater harvesting system; Reliability; Resiliency; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; NETWORK SECURITY; RAIN; RELIABILITY; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; RESILIENCY; SHARING NETWORK; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINWATER; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84940369465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7073466     Document Type: Article

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