Water Sector Climate Change Adaptation Business Cases
Author | : Victoria. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning |
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Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 9781761053405 |
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Author | : Victoria. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning |
Publisher | : |
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Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 9781761053405 |
Author | : Fulco Ludwig |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2012-05-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1136569871 |
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 expected to have serious consequences for water resource management, but they are unsure how to incorporate climate information into their management structures. Providing a compendium of specific strategies, Climate Change Adaptation in the Water Sector is the first book to show students and professionals in the water sector how to adapt to climate change and variability. It enables advanced students, managers, decision-makers and other practitioners to feel comfortable in analysing and using climate data within the water sector. The book consists of two parts: the first describes the general issues and is written mainly by the editors of the book, while the second part contains specific case studies drawn from a wide range of contrasting countries: Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand and Yemen. Published in association with the Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate, NeWater, UNESCO and WATCH (Water and Global Change)
Author | : Asian Development Bank |
Publisher | : Asian Development Bank |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2016-12-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9292576704 |
The provision of water supply and sanitation services is particularly vulnerable to projected changes in climate conditions (temperature and precipitation among others), in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, as well as and in the projected rise in sea-level and the intensification of storm surges. The process of climate proofing investment projects aims both at assessing the climate risk to a project's future costs and benefits, and undertaking a technical and economic analysis of options to alleviate or mitigate those risks. Accounting for climate change at the outset of the project cycle implies that decisions about project design, and the adoption and timing of climate-proofing measures be informed with the possible impacts of climate change in the initial phases of the project cycle so that decisions of an irreversible nature will be avoided. This publication presents a step-by-step methodological approach to assist project teams in managing climate change risk in the context of water supply and sanitation investment projects.
Author | : Walter Leal Filho |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 802 |
Release | : 2011-09-29 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 3642222668 |
The book explores the geo-chemical, physical, social and economic impacts of climate change on water supplies. It contains examples and case studies from a wide range of countries, and addresses the need to promote sustainable water use across the world.
Author | : Margot Hill |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2012-11-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9400757964 |
The book presents detailed case studies examining the Rhône Basin in the Canton Valais, Switzerland and the Aconcagua Basin in Valparaiso, Chile. In order to understand and assess the interplay of complex and interlinked environmental and socio-economic issues, the author looks beyond the technology, modelling, engineering and infrastructure associated with water resources management and climate change adaptation, to assess the decision-making environment within which water and adaptation policy and practices are devised and executed.
Author | : Cecilia Tortajada |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2016-08-18 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9811019142 |
This book highlights the role that both infrastructure and governance play in the context of resilience and adaptation to climate variability and change. Eleven case studies analyze in-depth impacts of extreme events in projects, basins and regions in the Arid Americas (Unites States and Mexico), Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Nepal, Mexico, Pakistan, Turkey and South Africa. They discuss the importance of infrastructure (mainly reservoirs) in adaptation strategies, how planning and management aspects should improve in response to changing climatic, economic, social and environmental situations and what the management, institutional and financial challenges would be for their implementation. Governance aspects (policies, institutions and decision making) and technical and knowledge limitations are a substantial part of the analyses. The case studies argue that reservoirs are essential to build resilience contributing to adaptation to climate variability and change. However, that for them to be effective, they need to be planned and managed within a governance framework that considers long-term perspectives and multi-sector and multi-level actor needs and perspectives.
Author | : Edited By Fulco Ludwig ... [et Al.] |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9786000013042 |
Author | : Kara N. DiFrancesco, Patrick Ray |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2014 |
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ISBN | : |
Climate change adds uncertainty to already complex global water challenges. Because climate change affects poorer countries and vulnerable populations the most, the World Bank strives to mainstream climate change considerations into its operations to inform investment and water resources management decisions. Although no standard method has been adopted yet by the Bank, common practice used downscaled projected precipitation and temperature from Global Climate Models (GCMs), as input to hydrologic models. While this has been useful in some applications, they often give too wide a dispersion of readings to provide useful guidance for site-specific water resources management and infrastructure planning and design. Rather than design for an uncertain situation selected a priori, the so-called “bottom-up” approaches explore the sensitivity of a chosen project to the effects of uncertainties caused by climate change. This book summarizes alternatives explored by a group of organizations (such as the U.S. Corps of Engineers, Conservation International, the University of Massachusetts and the Bank) all belonging to the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), to provide practitioners with the tools to adapt to the realities of climate change by following a decision-making process that incorporates bottom-up thinking.