Climate change and water scarcity: The case of Saudi Arabia

Annals of Global Health

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 342-353

  DeNicola, Erica ^a   Aburizaiza, Omar S ^b   Siddique, Azhar ^b   Khwaja, Haider ^a,c   Carpenter, David O ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Public health; Saudi Arabia; Water reuse; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RAIN; SURFACE WATER; DRINKING WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DESALINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD SECURITY; GASTROENTERITIS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALARIA; NOROVIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; VIBRIO; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SUPPLY; CATERING SERVICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; SANITATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRINKING WATER; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; OUTSOURCED SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; SANITATION; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84950298887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22149996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2015.08.005     Document Type: Review

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