Lessons For Climate Change Adaptation From Better Management Of Rivers

Author : Jamie Pittock
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1849774536
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from Better Management of Rivers written by Jamie Pittock and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is dramatically affecting freshwater supplies, particularly in the developing world. The papers in this volume present a powerful case for and exploration of different freshwater adaptation strategies in the face of global climatic change.The volume centres on six detailed case studies, from India, China, Mexico, Brazil, the lower Danube basin and Tanzania, written by experienced local academics and practitioners. They assess autonomous adaptation in the freshwater sector, drawing out key lessons about what motivated these societies to change, which factors led to more successful adaptation, and how interventions may best be sustained. The volume also contains a global overview of the lessons derived from these experiences. It sheds light on two key theories: that vulnerability to climate change is best reduced by reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development first, or by reducing bio-physical risks from climate change. The publication also highlights the need to ensure that access to more precise climate change impact data is not used as an excuse to delay implementation of no regrets adaptation measures.

Author : Jamie Pittock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water for Life written by Jamie Pittock and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789211170832
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water and Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary Basins written by United Nations Publications and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication intends to compile, analyse and disseminate experiences to take into account when developing a climate change adaptation strategy for water management in the basin or transboundary context. It includes lessons learned and good practices mainly from the programme of pilot projects under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes implemented since 2010 in cooperation with partner organizations.

Author : Angela Andrade Pérez
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 2831712904
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building Resilience to Climate Change written by Angela Andrade Pérez and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2010 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With climate change now a certainty, the question is how much change there will be and what can be done about it. One of the answers is through adaptation. Many of the lessons that are being learned in adaptation are from success stories from the field. This publication contains eleven case studies covering different ecosystems and regions around the world. Its aim is to summarize some current applications of the Ecosystem-Based Adaptation concept and its tools used around the world, and also draw lessons from experiences in conservation adaptation.

Author : Dustin E Garrick
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781955050
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Federal Rivers written by Dustin E Garrick and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a critical analysis of the impact of borders and divided governance on large rivers in federal political systems. The OECD has identified the global water crisis as one of governance and policy fragmentation. Population and economic

Author : Tiago Capela Lourenço
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319048767
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adapting to an Uncertain Climate written by Tiago Capela Lourenço and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change highlights the challenges for long-term policy making in the face of persistent and irreducible levels of uncertainties. It calls for the development of flexible approaches, innovative governance and other elements that contribute to effective and adaptive decision-making. Exploring these new approaches is also a challenge for those involved in climate research and development of adaptation policy. The book provides a dozen real-life examples of adaptation decision making in the form of case studies: · Water supply management in Portugal, England and Wales and Hungary · Flooding, including flood risk in Ireland, coastal flooding and erosion in Southwest France, and flood management in Australia’s Hutt River region · Transport and utilities, including the Austrian Federal railway system, public transit in Dresden, and Québec hydro-electric power · Report examining communication of large numbers of climate scenarios in Dutch climate adaptation workshops.

Author : Julia Martin-Ortega
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107100372
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Ecosystem Services written by Julia Martin-Ortega and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses ecosystem services-based approaches to address major global and regional water challenges, for researchers, students, and policy makers.

Author : Armando Lamadrid
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780524862
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climate Change Modelling for Local Adaptation in the Hindu Kush - Himalayan Region written by Armando Lamadrid and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a portrait of the social advantages and limitations of climate change related modeling in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. It addresses the implied but largely uncritiqued relationships between scientific modeling knowledge and local adaptation responses. It also presents theoretical perspectives on modeling and adaptation,

Author : Jocelyne Hughes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019107912X
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freshwater Ecology and Conservation written by Jocelyne Hughes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical manual of freshwater ecology and conservation provides a state-of-the-art review of the approaches and techniques used to measure, monitor, and conserve freshwater ecosystems. It offers a single, comprehensive, and accessible synthesis of the vast amount of literature for freshwater ecology and conservation that is currently dispersed in manuals, toolkits, journals, handbooks, 'grey' literature, and websites. Successful conservation outcomes are ultimately built on a sound ecological framework in which every species must be assessed and understood at the individual, community, catchment and landscape level of interaction. For example, freshwater ecologists need to understand hydrochemical storages and fluxes, the physical systems influencing freshwaters at the catchment and landscape scale, and the spatial and temporal processes that maintain species assemblages and their dynamics. A thorough understanding of all these varied processes, and the techniques for studying them, is essential for the effective conservation and management of freshwater ecosystems.

Author : Fraser Sugden
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290908068
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A framework to Understand Gender and Structural Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Ganges River Basin written by Fraser Sugden and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As climate change becomes accepted as a reality in the scientific community, it is critical to continue to understand its impact on the ground, particularly for communities dependent on agriculture and natural resources. This report reviews the extensive literature on the vulnerability to climate change in South Asia, with a focus on gender. It highlights how vulnerability is intricately connected to existing social structures. With respects to gender inequalities, the report reviews how men and women are affected in different ways by climate shocks, while differing access to resources and cultural ideologies mean that their capacity to ‘adapt’ is also not equal. The report also notes the importance of other axes of inequality (caste, class and ethnicity) in shaping gendered vulnerability. It concludes by offering insights into potential ways forward to promote more equitable adaptation to change through improved policies and practices.