A versatile method for groundwater vulnerability projections in future scenarios

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 187, Issue , 2017, Pages 365-374

  Stevenazzi, Stefania ^a   Bonfanti, Marianna ^a   Masetti, Marco ^a   Nghiem, Son V ^b   Sorichetta, Alessandro ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d FLOWMINDER FOUNDATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Groundwater vulnerability; Land use management; Statistical method; Time dimension

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND USE; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY;

FRESH WATER; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; HUMAN POPULATION; LAND COVER; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL FACTORS; SOCIETAL PROBLEMS; TIME DIMENSION; VERSATILE METHODS; WATER SCARCITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION STUDY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FUTUROLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; HUMAN; ITALY; PROCEDURES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; ITALY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85006757969     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.057     Document Type: Article

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