Water, Environment, Energy, and Population Growth: Implications for Water Sustainability under Climate Change
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 19, Issue 4
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Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal.
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank H. Chowdhary and H. Rughoonudun for reading and commenting on an earlier draft of the article. The authors also thank the reviewer and the editor for their constructive comments, which helped improve the manuscript.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 19 • Issue 4 • April 2014
Pages: 667 - 673
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Received: Mar 19, 2013
Accepted: Jun 7, 2013
Published online: Mar 14, 2014
Published in print: Apr 1, 2014
Discussion open until: Aug 14, 2014
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