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Published on: 2009-02-11
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Global change possesses serious challenges for water managers and scientists. In mountain areas, where water supplies for half of the world population originate, climate and hydrologic models are still subject to considerable uncertainty. And yet, critical decisions have to be taken to ensure adequate and safe water supplies to billions of people, millions of farmers and industries, without further deteriorating rivers and water bodies. While global warming is known to cause glaciers’ retreat and reduced snow packs around the world, it is not clear that mountain discharge will be lower. What is widely recognised is that water management must be adapted to accommodate significant regime changes. However, this inevitably involves managing transboundary rivers, adding further complexity to putting principles in practice. This book takes global warming and the importance of mountain areas in world water resources as the starting point. First, it provides detailed reviews of the processes going on in several rivers systems and world regions in Europe (Rhône and Ebro), North America (Canadian Rockies, Western US and Mexico), the Middle East (Jordan), Africa (Tunisia, Kenya and South Africa). These contexts provide case studies and examples that show the difficulties and potential for adaptation to global change. Land-use, economics, numerous modeling approaches are some of the cross-cutting issues covered in the chapters. The volume also includes the views of water practitioners, with two chapters authored by members of the US-Canada International Joint Commission, an industrialist from Western Canada and an environmental leader in Spain. By combining a rich set of contexts and approaches, the volume succeeds in offering a view of the global challenges faced by water agencies, international donors and researchers around the world. A case is made in some chapters to seek adaptive strategies rather than trying to reduce or control resources variability. This requires factoring in land-use, social and economic aspects, especially in developing countries. Another conclusion is that complex problems can and must be posed and negotiated with the help of models, mapping techniques and science-based facts. However complex these may be, there are ways to translate them to easily interpretable and visualisations of alternative scenarios and courses of action. This book provides numerous examples of the potential of such approaches to draft environmental programmes solve transboundary disputes and reduce the economic consequences of droughts and climate instability. UMD Right Now :: University of Maryland College Park Md. Today the University of Maryland launched a brand-new multimedia news and information portal UMD Right Now which provides members of the ... Retired Site PBS Programs PBS If you are a teacher searching for educational material please visit PBS LearningMedia for a wide range of free digital resources spanning preschool through 12th grade. Celebration of African Australians Inc. - Victoria Dr Jonathan Makuwira is a Senior Lecturer in International Development at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University in Melbourne Australia. NRDC Expert Blog NRDC The Natural Resources Defense Council works to safeguard the earth - its people its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. Journal articles Sea Around Us Sea Around Us updates real catch numbers. The Sea Around Us team is pleased to announce that the marine fisheries catch data and derived indicators on its website ... Zika CIDRAP Latest Cases & General Information. Zika virus (CDC landing page) Latest Zika situation reports (WHO) Zika virus infections and complications called Public Health ... Social Good Summit 2016 - Mashable Jason Abbruzzese is the Business Editor at Mashable. He covers the media and telecom industries with a particular focus on how the Internet is changing these markets ... Speakers for VX2017 VerdeXchange Minister of Sustainable Development Environment and the Fight against Climate Change. The Global Summit - TGSV Rio2016 Empowering Humanity THANKS TO EVERYONE who participated in The Global Summit V August 23-26 in Rio de Janeiro! Advancing local solutions around Climate Economics; Whole Health ... Taylor & Francis : Product Search Alternative Medicine; Anthropology; Archaeology and Museum Studies; Architecture; Asian Studies; Behavioral Sciences; Biological Sciences; Biotechnology; Building
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