Climate Change and the Sustainable Use of Water Resources (Climate Change Management Book 0)

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Climate Change Impacts on Green Water Fluxes in the Eastern Mediterranean....Pages 3-15 Stormwater Reuse via Aquifer Storage and Recovery: Risk Assessment for Sandy Aquifers....Pages 17-42 Hydrologic Balance of Citarum Watershed under Current and Future Climate....Pages 43-59 Towards a Database for an Information Management System on Climate Change: An Online Resource....Pages 61-67 Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Evapotranspiration and Soil Salinization....Pages 69-76 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 The South African Water Sector: on its Way Towards Adaptive Water Governance?....Pages 79-100 Increase in Port Downtime and Damage in Vietnam Due To a Potential Increase in Tropical Cyclone Intensity....Pages 101-125 Hydro-Economic Analysis for Water Resources Management in a Changing Climate....Pages 127-141 Climate Change and Water Resource Availability: What to Do?....Pages 143-151 Adaptations to Climate Change and Variability Among Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania....Pages 153-171 “Greening” Integrated Water Resources Management Policies for Tackling Climate Change Impacts: A Call for Sustainable Development....Pages 173-183 Urbanization and Flood Vulnerability in a Peri-Urban Neighbourhood of Dakar, Senegal: How can Participatory GIS Contribute to Flood Management?....Pages 185-207 Vulnerability of Andean Communities to Climate Variability and Climate Change....Pages 209-223 Water Management Issues in Southern Tunisia Under a Climate Change Context....Pages 225-235 Climate Change and its Impacts on the Livelihoods of the Vulnerable People in the Southwestern Coastal Zone in Bangladesh....Pages 237-259 Conservation and Management of Water Resources for Livelihood Sustainability in Mountainous Regions of Uttarakhand, India....Pages 261-272 Ports and Climate Change: Building Skills in Climate Change Adaptation, Australia....Pages 273-282 Preliminary Report on the Socioecology of Rural Groundwater Markets in the Gingee Watershed....Pages 283-296 Impact of Climate Change on Water Supply and Food Security in Seraro District, Southern Ethiopia....Pages 297-303 Climate Change and Rural Water Supply Planning in Nigeria....Pages 305-315 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 Impact of Climate Change in Bangladesh: Water Logging at South-West Coast....Pages 317-336 Front Matter....Pages 337-337 Characterizing Adaptive Capacity in Water Governance Arrangements in the Context of Extreme Events....Pages 339-365 The Contribution of Rural Development Programmes in Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Italy....Pages 367-387 “Climate Proofing” Water Resources Development Policy: The Evidence from Bangladesh....Pages 389-400 Developing an Environmental Sustainability Toolkit to Integrate Climate Change Issues in Development Cooperation....Pages 401-413 Spatio-Temporal Variation of Drought Severity in the Sudano-Sahelian Region of Nigeria: Implications for Policies on Water Management....Pages 415-430 Climate Change and Sustainable Management of Water Resources....Pages 431-447 Problems of Water Resources Management in the Drainage Basin of Lake Balkhash with Respect to Political Development....Pages 449-461 Saline Irrigation Management for Sustainable Use....Pages 463-472 Modelling of Water Cycle Processes....Pages 473-483 Bridging the Communication Gap: An Exploration of the Climate Science–Water Management Interface....Pages 485-497 Influences of Public Ecological Awareness and Price on Potable Water Consumption in Geneva....Pages 499-513 Sustainable Development Through Pathways of Mitigation and Adaptation to Offset Adverse Climate Change Impacts....Pages 515-554 Front Matter....Pages 555-555 Activity-Based Water Resources and Climate Change Education Among School Students in Puducherry....Pages 557-578 Water Resources Management in the Peruvian Andes: Participatory Adaptive Measures to Climate Change....Pages 579-590 Community-Level Environmental and Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives in Nawalparasi, Nepal....Pages 591-609 Multifunctional Land Use in Urban Spaces to Adapt Urban Infrastructure....Pages 611-625 Integrated Industrial Water Management as a Tool for Mitigating Climate Change....Pages 627-639 Unjust Water: An Investigation of the Drinking Water Situation in Argentina....Pages 641-662 Socio-Environmental Evaluation of Drip Irrigation System Implementation as a Climate Change Adaptation Measure Within the N’hambita Community Carbon Project Area, Mozambique....Pages 663-684 Front Matter....Pages 555-555 Social Learning Through Local Water Governance Institutions....Pages 685-699 These are Our Water Pipes—Sand Dams, Women and Donkeys: Dealing with Water Scarcity in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands....Pages 701-726 Urban Rainwater Management Using the Aquifer for Storage as One Measure to Confront Changed Water Availability....Pages 727-741 Educating for Sustainable Consumption as a Response to the Global Water Crisis: An Investigation of an Embedded Learning Approach....Pages 743-759 Achieving Sustainable Wastewater and Organic Solid Waste Management Taking Advantage of the Clean Development Mechanism....Pages 761-772 Local Wisdom of Danowudu Community in Preserving Forest as a Water Source for the City of Bitung....Pages 773-778 Education in Global Climate Change at a Botanical Garden: Students’ Perceptions and Inquiry-Based Learning....Pages 779-786 The Climate Change Challenge for the Urban Environment: The Use of an Integrated Management System....Pages 787-799 Back Matter....Pages 801-823 This Volume 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. Walter Leal Filho, Editor. This Book [was] Prepared As A Follow-up To The Third Online Climate Conference Climate 2010/klima 2010, Held On 1-7 November 2010 ... [and] In The Context Of The Interreg Ivb (north Sea) Project North Sea Skills Integration And New Technologies (skint)--p. V. Includes Bibliographical References. Annotation This volume 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