Managing Water Resources to Adapt to Climate Change: Facing Uncertainty and Scarcity in a Changing Context

Water Resources Management

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 2951-2963

  Garrote, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Reservoir storage; Water management; Water resources

Indexed keywords

FACINGS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE IMPACTS; ECONOMIC CRITERIA; LIVING STANDARDS; POLICY ACTIONS; RESERVOIR STORAGE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; LIVING STANDARD; RESERVOIR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020696192     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-017-1714-6     Document Type: Article

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