Climate Change and Sustainable Water Resources Management
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Water resources, climate change and human vulnerability
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2153-5493,2153-5515
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)hz.2153-5515.0000496