1st Edition

Water Management and Climate Change Dealing with Uncertainties

Edited By Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas, Avinash Tyagi Copyright 2015
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

To plan successfully and manage the increased uncertainties posed by likely future climate change, knowledge needs to advance much more for the water profession beyond what it is now available. Meeting these challenges does not depend exclusively on advances in climatological-hydrologic models. Policies for adaptation and strategies for mitigation measures have to be formulated on the basis of... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Adapting to climate change: towards societal water security in dry-climate countries  3. Australian water policy in a climate change context: some reflections  4. Characterizing the water extremes of the new century in the US South-west: a comprehensive assessment from state-of-the-art climate model projections  5. Impacts of climate change on the hydrological cycle in Mexico  6. Climate change projections of streamflow in the Iberian peninsula  7. Downscaled climate change projections over Spain: application to water resources  8. The application of hydrological planning as a climate change adaptation tool in the Ebro basin  9. Measures against climate change and its impacts on water resources in Greece  10. Water and disasters: a review and analysis of policy aspects  11. Managing drought risk in water supply systems in Europe: a review

Biography

Cecilia Tortajada is the President of the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico.

Asit K. Biswas is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore

Avinash Tyagi is Secretary General, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), India.