At the nexus of fire, water and society

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1696, 2016, Pages

  Martin, Deborah A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reservoirs; Water resiliency; Water supplies

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LAND COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNITED NATIONS; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CANBERRA; COLORADO; DENVER; MELBOURNE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; UNITED STATES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

FIRE; HUMAN; WATER SUPPLY;

FIRES; HUMANS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84969591468     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0172     Document Type: Article

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