| Climate Change Adaptation in the Water Sector Contributor(s): Ludwig, Fulco (Editor), Kabat, Pavel (Editor), Schaik, Henk Van (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1844076520 ISBN-13: 9781844076529 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Today's climate variability already has a large impact on water supply and protection. Millions of people are affected every year by droughts and floods. Future climate change is likely to make things worse. Many people within the water sector are aware that climate change is affecting water resource management, but they are unsure how to incorporate climate information into their management structures. This book offers a compendium of specific climate variability and adaptation strategies for water resource management. The book shows how to use climate data in decision support and/or managing water resources and what kind of data or information on climate change and variability are available and how they can be used within the water sector.The book consists of two parts: the first part describes the general issues and is written mainly by the editors of the book and the second part contains specific case studies, drawn from a wide range of contrasting countries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Water Supply - Science | Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 333.91 |
| LCCN: 2008042257 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.9" W x 9.5" (1.55 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Today's climate variability already has a large impact on water supply and protection. Millions of people are affected every year by droughts and floods. Future climate change is likely to make things worse. Many people within the water sector are aware that climate change is expected to have serious consequences for water resource management, but they are unsure how to incorporate climate information into their management structures. Providing a compendium of specific strategies, Climate Change Adaptation in the Water Sector is the first book to show students and professionals in the water sector how to adapt to climate change and variability. It enables advanced students, managers, decision-makers and other practitioners to feel comfortable in analysing and using climate data within the water sector. The book consists of two parts: the first describes the general issues and is written mainly by the editors of the book, while the second part contains specific case studies drawn from a wide range of contrasting countries: Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand and Yemen. Published in association with the Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate, NeWater, UNESCO and WATCH (Water and Global Change) |