Water scarcity and droughts in spain: Impacts and policy measures

Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 323-339

  Albiac, Jose ^a   Esteban, Encarna ^a   Tapia, Javier ^a   Rivas, Eliseo ^a  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation to water scarcity; Ebro basin; Economic and environmental costs; Jucar basin; Water policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955679206     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6636-5_18     Document Type: Chapter

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