Transferable principles for managing the nexus: Lessons from historical global water modelling of central Asia

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4200-4231

  Guillaume, Joseph H A ^a   Kummu, Matti ^a   Eisner, Stephanie ^b   Varis, Olli ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Nexus; Resilience; WaterGAP

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL ASIA; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; NEXUS; RESILIENCE; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM DEPENDENCIES; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATERGAP;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; TRADE-OFF; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84940421507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7084200     Document Type: Article

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