Water Security Assessment Indicators: The Rural Context

Water Resources Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1567-1604

  Dickson, S E ^a   Schuster Wallace, C J ^a   Newton, J J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GHD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Rural, remote, or otherwise marginalized (RRM) settings; Water resource development; Water resources management; Water security; Water security indicators and indices

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASSESSMENT TOOL; INDICATORS AND INDICES; MODELING PROCESS; NUMBER OF FACTORS; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER SECURITY;

RURAL AREAS;

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84959566367     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-016-1254-5     Document Type: Review

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