Water
Changes to the hydrological cycle and vulnerability of water resources
- Effective management and cooperation of transboundary waters
- The experts in this paper analyse how transboundary river resources can be effectively managed. Sound governance, good knowledge management, participation and monitoring are seen as essential to enhance river basin management. The authors highlight the uncertainties of climate change and the new risks it poses to river basin cooperation.
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- Urbanization and climate change impacts on future urban flooding in Can Tho city, Vietnam
- H. T. L. Huong; A. Pathirana / Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2013
- Urban development increases flood risk in cities due to local changes in hydrological and hydrometeorological conditions that increase flood hazard, as well as to urban concentrations that increase the vulnerability. The large-scale, ...
- Dependence of hydropower energy generation on forests in the Amazon Basin at local and regional scales
- C. M. Stickler / Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2013
- Tropical rainforest regions have large hydropower generation potential that figures prominently in many nations’ energy growth strategies. This paper argues that feasibility studies of hydropower plants typically ignore the effec...
- Water security and climate resilient development: investing in water security for growth and development
- Global Water Partnership, 2012
- This technical paper has been produced by the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) to support the implementation of the Strategic Framework for Water Security and Climate Resilience Development, developed by the African Union th...
- Urban wastewater and agricultural reuse challenges in India
- P. Amerasinghe / International Water Management Institute - Climate Change and Water, 2013
- Urban wastewater management has become a major challenge in India as infrastructural development and regulations have not kept pace with population growth and urbanisation. This study argues that against the backdrop of water scarcity...
- Climate change is likely to worsen the public health threat of diarrheal disease in Botswana
- K. A. Alexander / Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
- Diarrheal disease is an important health challenge, accounting for the majority of childhood deaths globally. Climate change is expected to increase the global burden of diarrheal disease but little is known regarding climate drivers,...
- Impacts of climatic hazards on the small wetland ecosystems (ponds): evidence from some selected areas of coastal Bangladesh
- G. Rabbani / Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
- Most climate related hazards in Bangladesh are linked to water. The poor communities living in remote villages along Bangladesh’s coastal zone are most vulnerable to climate change impacts and depend on small isolated wetlands (p...
- Paper discussing climate change impacts on water resources in the tropical Andes
- M. Vuille / Sustainable Development Department, Inter-American Development Bank, 2013
- Produced by the Inter-American Development Bank, this paper focuses on the effects of climate change on water resources in the tropical Andes. It begins by looking at recent trends in temperature and precipitation and the various atte...
- Water security & the global water agenda: a UN-Water analytical brief
- UN-Water, 2013
- This analytical brief serves as a starting point for dialogue on water security in the United Nations system. Through this brief, UN-Water aims to capture the constantly evolving dimensions of water-related issues, offering a holistic...
- Report on the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on electricity generation in Malawi
- C. S. Kaunda; F. Mtalo / International Energy and Environment Foundation, 2013
- This paper explores the impacts of environmental degradation and climate change on electricity generation in Malawi. Hydropower provides almost all of the country's electricity; a reliance on freshwater supply makes it a highly vulner...
- Managing water as China warms: new insights from regional models
- W. Guoqing; R. Calow / Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012
- Climate change adds pressure on China's water resources, which are already under intense stress. Therefore, the water sector is a top priority in China’s national adaptation programme. This policy brief summarises the Adapting t...
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