Climate change in contrasting river basins : adaptation strategies for water, food and environment /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
• Subjects: Crops and water.; Climatic changes.; Crops and climate.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Food Economics, (New March 2000); Water Resources.; Meteorology and Climate.; Case studies.; Climatic change.; Environmental management.; Food production.; Food security.; Food supply.; Methodology.; Sustainability.; Water management.; Water resources.; Watershed management.; Watersheds.; Electronic books.
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This book, which contains 13 separately authored chapters, has been developed from the ADAPT Project, focusing on the development of regional adaptation strategies to climate change and climate variability for water, food and the environment in river basins across the world. Chapter 1 describes a ge...

Table of Contents:

• Adaptation for regional water management / J. Aerts and P. Droogers
• Evaluating downscaling methods for preparing global circulation model (GCM) data for hydrological impact modelling / L.M. Bouwer, J. Aerts, G.M. van de Coterlet, N. van de Giesen, A. Gieske and C. Mannaerts
• Adaptation strategies to climate change to sustain food security / P. Droogers, J. van Dam, J. Hoogeveen and R. Loeve
• Water for the environment : exploring adaptations to climate change in river basins / R. Lasage and J. Aerts
• How much water will be available for irrigation in the future? the Syr Darya Basin (Central Asia) / O.S. Savoskul, E.V. Chevnina, F. Perziger, V. Barburin and A. Danshin
• Maintaining sustainable agriculture under climate change : Zayandeh Rud Basin (Iran) / S. Morid, A.R. Massah, M. Agha Alikhani and K. Mohammadi
• Increasing climate variability in the Rhine basin : business as usual? / H. Klein, K.J. Douben, W. van Deursen and E. de Ruyter van Steveninck
• Will we produce sufficient food under climate change? Mekong Basin (South-east Asia) / C.T. Hoanh, H. Guttman, P. Droogers and J. Aerts
• Can we maintain food production without losing hydropower? the Volta Basin (West Africa) / W. Andah, N. van de Giesen, A. Huber-Lee and C.A. Biney
• Will there be sufficient water under internal and external changes? Walawe Basin (Sri Lanka) / H.M. Jayatillake and P. Droogers
• How can we sustain agriculture and ecosystems? the Sacramento Basin (California, USA) / A. Huber-Lee, D. Yates, D. Purkey, W. Yu, C. Young and B. Runkle
• Food demand and production : a global and regional perspective / K. Strzepek, A. McCluskey, J. Hoogeveen and J. van Dam
• Adaptation to climate change : a research agenda for the future / J. Aerts, P. Droogers and S. Werners.