Assessing the impact of climate change on water resources, crop production and land degradation in a semi-arid river basin

Hydrology Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 854-870

  Emam, Ammar Rafiei ^a   Kappas, Martin ^b   Hosseini, Seyed Zeynalabedin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Climate change; Food security; Semi arid area; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE MODELS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; FOOD SUPPLY; GROUNDWATER; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

FOOD SECURITY; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; SEMIARID AREA; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FLOODING; FOOD SECURITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND DEGRADATION; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

IRAN;

EID: 84956988827     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2015.143     Document Type: Article

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