Climate change in contrasting river basins [[electronic resource] ] : adaptation strategies for water, food, and environment / / edited by Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts and Peter Droogers
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Climate change in contrasting river basins [[electronic resource] ] : adaptation strategies for water, food, and environment / / edited by Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts and Peter Droogers
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| Pubblicazione: | Wallingford, OX, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, USA, : CABI Pub., c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 630/.2/515 |
| Soggetto topico: | Climatic changes |
| Crops and water | |
| Crops and climate | |
| Altri autori: |
AertsJeroen C. J. H
DroogersPeter <1961->
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Climate change in contrasting river basins |
| ISBN: | 1-280-90830-0 |
| 9786610908301 | |
| 0-85199-076-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784227503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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