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Autore: | Fricke Katharina |
Titolo: | Analysis and Modelling of Water Supply and Demand Under Climate Change, Land Use Transformation and Socio-Economic Development : The Water Resource Challenge and Adaptation Measures for Urumqi Region, Northwest China / / by Katharina Fricke |
Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2014. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina: | 551.48 |
Soggetto topico: | Physical geography |
Hydrology | |
Climate change | |
Physical Geography | |
Hydrology/Water Resources | |
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Research area -- Water balance model -- Scenarios -- Simulation results -- Projection of water consumption -- Discussion -- Outlook. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Located in a narrow grassland corridor between the semi-desert and a mountain range in Northwest China, the research area Urumqi Region is despite its semi-arid climate in a relatively favourable hydrological situation. The nearby mountains provide water for settlements and agriculture, making human development possible in the first place. Due to the development of agriculture, population and economy during the last sixty years and the increasing water consumption, a demand- and population-driven water scarcity exists today and is expected to aggravate. At the same time, the effects of climate change and land use transformations on the hydrological system and the water availability are uncertain. This study evaluates the recent and future situation by combining a hydrological water balance model for the simulation of the water supply based on scenarios of climate and land use change with a socio-economic model for projecting the future water demand including predicted growth of population and economy. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Analysis and Modelling of Water Supply and Demand Under Climate Change, Land Use Transformation and Socio-Economic Development |
ISBN: | 3-319-01610-5 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910298380803321 |
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