Increasing Resilience to Climate Variability and Change

Increasing Resilience to Climate Variability and Change

The Roles of Infrastructure and Governance in the Context of Adaptation

Tortajada, Cecilia

Springer Verlag, Singapore

06/2018

286

Mole

Inglês

9789811094767

15 a 20 dias

480

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Introduction.- The Murray-Darling Basin: climate change, infrastructure and water.- Climate change adaptation, water infrastructure development, and responsive governance in the Himalayas: The case study of Nepal's Koshi River basin.- Building Pakistan?s resilience to natural disasters in the Indus River Basin.- Yellow River: Re-operation of Infrastructure system to increase Resilience to Climate Variability and Changes.- Seyhan Dam, Turkey.- Contributions of Aswan High Dam in Alleviating the Impacts of Climate Fluctuations and Change.- Greater security with less water: Sterkfontein Dam's contribution to systemic resilience.- The Durance-Verdon river basin in France: the role of infrastructures and governance for adaptation to climate change.- Enhancing governance of climate resilience in the Arid Americas: A multi-country comparative assessment of the role of reservoirs in adaptive management.- Mitigation measures for high-risk dams, considering changes in their climate and basinin Mexico.- Sobradinho Reservoir.
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Freshwater systems;Climate change adaptation;Greenhouse gas emissions;Groundwater storage;Water reuse and desalination;Industrial water supply;Flood control;Drought mitigation;Water resources development;Arid regions;water policy;climate change impacts;Climate change management