Climate Change Adaptation in the Water Sector
by Fulco Ludwig;Henk Kabat PavelVan Schaik (9781844076529)

Today's climate variability already has a large impact on water supply and protection. Millions of people are affected every year by droughts and floods. Future climate change is likely to make things worse. Many people within the water sector are aware that climate change is affecting water resource management, but they are unsure how to incorporate climate information into their management structures. This book offers a compendium of specific climate variability and adaptation strategies for water resource management. The book shows how to use climate data in decision support and/or managing water resources and what kind of data or information on climate change and variability are available and how they can be used within the water sector.The book consists of two parts: the first part describes the general issues and is written mainly by the editors of the book and the second part contains specific case studies, drawn from a wide range of contrasting countries.

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