1st Edition

Climate Change and Water Resources

384 Pages 80 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

384 Pages
by CRC Press

Covering the various aspects of water and climate change, Climate Change and Water Resources presents the principles of climate change science and its effects on earth’s water supply. Utilizing the knowledge and expertise from well-known experts in the field, the text provides a broad outline of the many interrelated aspects of climate variations, climate change, and connections to water... Read more

Global Climate System, Energy Balance, and the Hydrological Cycle

Sangam Shrestha and Prasamsa Singh

Climate Variability and Change

Anthony S Kiem

Detection and Attribution of Climate Change

H Annamalai

Uncertainty in Climate Change Studies

Satish Bastola

Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Selected Water Use Sectors

Mukand S Babel, Anshul Agarwal, and Victor R Shinde

Economics of Climate Change

Sujata Manandhar, Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Futaba Kazama, and So Kazama

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Sujata Manandhar, and Futaba Kazama

Climate Change Adaptation in Water

SVRK Prabhakar, Binaya Raj Shivakoti, and Bijon Kumer Mitra

Managing Climate Risk for the Water Sector with Tools and Decision Support

Julian Doczi

Transboundary River Systems in the Context of Climate Change

Soni M Pradhanang and Nihar R Samal

International Negotiations on Climate Change and Water

Binaya Raj Shivakoti and Sangam Shrestha

Index

Biography

Dr. Sangam Shrestha is assistant professor of Water Engineering and Management (WEM) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand, and a visiting faculty of the University of Yamanashi, Japan. His research interests are in the field of water resources, climate change and adaptation in water. After completing his PhD, Dr. Shrestha continued his postdoctoral research in the Global Centre of Excellence (GCOE) project at the University of Yamanashi in Japan.. He has published nearly two dozen peer-reviewed articles in refereed journals and regularly reviews articles for several international journals.