Climate Change in Contrasting River Basins : Adaptation Strategies for Water, Food and Environment.
Title:
Climate Change in Contrasting River Basins : Adaptation Strategies for Water, Food and Environment.
Author:
Aerts, J.
ISBN:
9780851990767
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (274 pages)
Contents:
Contributors -- Foreword -- 1 Adaptation for Regional Water Management -- 2 Evaluating Downscaling Methods for Preparing Global Circulation Model (GCM) Data for Hydrological Impact Modelling -- 3 Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change to Sustain Food Security -- 4 Water for the Environment: Exploring Adaptations to Climate Change in River Basins -- 5 How Much Water will be Available for Irrigation in the Future? The Syr Darya Basin (Central Asia) -- 6 Maintaining Sustainable Agriculture under Climate Change: Zayandeh Rud Basin (Iran) -- 7 Increasing Climate Variability in the Rhine Basin: Business as Usual? -- 8 Will We Produce Sufficient Food under Climate Change? Mekong Basin (South-east Asia) -- 9 Can We Maintain Food Production Without Losing Hydropower? The Volta Basin (West Africa) -- 10 Will There be Sufficient Water under Internal and External Changes? Walawe Basin (Sri Lanka) -- 11 How Can We Sustain Agriculture and Ecosystems? The Sacramento Basin (California, USA) -- 12 Food Demand and Production: a Global and Regional Perspective -- 13 Adaptation to Climate Change: a Research Agenda for the Future -- Index.
Abstract:
Dealing with climate change is generally considered to be one of the greatest challenges for the coming decades. Changes in precipitation are likely to have a major impact on the hydrological cycle and subsequently on the environment and food production.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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