Assessment of human-natural system characteristics influencing global freshwater supply vulnerability

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Padowski, Julie C ^a   Gorelick, Steven M ^b   Thompson, Barton H ^c   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Fendorf, Scott ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

coupled system; global; vulnerability; water

Indexed keywords

WATER SUPPLY; WATERWORKS;

COUPLED SYSTEMS; FRESHWATER SUPPLY; GLOBAL; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; PER CAPITA INCOME; VULNERABILITY; WATER SYSTEM;

WATER;

COST ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

DJIBOUTI [DJIBOUTI (NTN)]; DJIBOUTI [EAST AFRICA]; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [GUATEMALA (NTN)]; JORDAN; SRI LANKA; VIET NAM; YEMEN;

EID: 84949272418     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/10/104014     Document Type: Article

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