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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815186103321

Titolo

Climate change in contrasting river basins : adaptation strategies for water, food, and environment / / edited by Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts and Peter Droogers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, OX, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, USA, : CABI Pub., c2004

ISBN

1-280-90830-0

9786610908301

0-85199-076-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AertsJeroen C. J. H

DroogersPeter <1961->

Disciplina

630/.2/515

Soggetti

Climatic changes

Crops and water

Crops and climate

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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



Sommario/riassunto

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.