Climate change in contrasting river basins: adaptation strategies for water, food and environment [electronic resource] Edited by J. C. J. H. Aerts, P. Droogers.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: CABI BooksPublisher: WallingfordUK CABI Publishing 2004Edition: 1Description: 264ppContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780851990767
- ASEAN Countries
- Kazakhstan
- Khmer Republic
- methodology
- Vietnam
- Europe
- Indochina
- Kirgizia
- Viet Nam
- Sri Lanka
- environmental management
- Tajikistan
- subsaharan Africa
- East Asia
- Middle East
- North America
- APEC countries
- France
- Ghana
- Tadzhikistan
- European Union Countries
- Threshold Countries
- Burma
- watersheds
- Kyrgyzstan
- Yunnan
- Laos
- South East Asia
- Pacific States of USA
- Asia
- water resource management
- ACP Countries
- Benelux
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Africa South of Sahara
- South Asia
- Anglophone Africa
- Cambodia
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- South Western China
- sustainability
- food production
- water management
- America
- Developed Countries
- catchment areas
- climatic change
- food security
- United States of America
- Mediterranean Region
- OECD Countries
- Ceylon
- Kampuchea
- West Asia
- Western Europe
- Central Asia
- Thailand
- Myanmar
- case studies
- USA
- Western States of USA
- Netherlands
- climate change
- Least Developed Countries
- methods
- California
- Africa
- West Africa
- People's Republic of China
- Developing Countries
- China
- Commonwealth of Nations
- Germany
- water resources
- Iran
- Uzbekistan
- food supply
- watershed management
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. However, until now clear guidance on how to respond to this challenge, particularly at the river basin level, has been lacking.This book has been developed from the ADAPT project, focusing on the development of regional adaptation strategies for water, food and the environment in river basins across the world. A generic methodology is presented and applied to seven case studies in contrasting geographical areas of the world: Mekong (SE Asia), Rhine (Western Europe), Sacramento (USA), Syr Darya (Central Asia), Volta (Ghana), Walawe (Sri Lanka) and Zayandeh (Iran).
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