How can irrigated agriculture adapt to climate change? Insights from the Guadiana Basin in Spain

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 59-70

  Varela Ortega, Consuelo ^a   Blanco Gutiérrez, Irene ^a   Esteve, Paloma ^a   Bharwani, Sukaina ^b   Fronzek, Stefan ^c   Downing, Thomas E ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Oxford Ctr Environ Ethics Soc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Decision making; Hydro economic modeling; Multi criteria analysis; Social network mapping; Spain s agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953364150     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-014-0720-y     Document Type: Article

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