Impact of Urbanization on Water Shortage in Face of Climatic Aberrations (SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology)

The uncontrolled utilization of natural resources to supply to the water demands of the ever-growing population has brought about worldwide scarcity. The supply shortage has resulted ℗ℓ℗ℓin conflicts between countries, created prolonged drought, closing of industrial units, shifting of local inhabitants etc. The abnormality in climatic patterns due to global warming has only enhanced the uncertainties. Unregulated discharge of waste water into fresh water resources is also polluting the available water resources and making them non-utilizable. That is why the discrepancy between water supply and demand is slowly but steadily becoming a problem, which may lead to conflict and inequality all over the world. The present investigation is an attempt to find the impact of urbanization in the face of climatic uncertainties on water shortage or scarcity. How is climate responsible? What urbanization factors have an influence on the extent of shortages? ℗ℓWhat is the role of the socio-economic status of the inhabitants? ℗ℓIndustrialization? Consumption pattern? Each of the causes and effects were analyzed with the help of ℗ℓ℗ℓdata from a climate model, which was then fed into a hydrologic model. The hydrologic output data was then put into various other novel simulation platforms to predict the uncertainties that can be caused by urbanization in various sectors of the regions of interest. The impact was calculated based on IPCC recommended climatic and five distinct urbanization scenarios. The study results will help to predict what is in store of those living in the developing countries. Possible mitigation measures are also discussed The uncontrolled utilization of natural resources to supply to the water demands of the ever-growing population has brought about worldwide scarcity. The supply shortage has resulted ℗l℗lin conflicts between countries, created prolonged drought, closing of industrial units, shifting of local inhabitants etc. The abnormality in climatic patterns due to global warming has only enhanced the uncertainties. Unregulated discharge of waste water into fresh water resources is also polluting the available water resources and making them non-utilizable. That is why the discrepancy between water supply and demand is slowly but steadily becoming a problem, which may lead to conflict and inequality all over the world. The present investigation is an attempt to find the impact of urbanization in the face of climatic uncertainties on water shortage or scarcity. How is climate responsible? What urbanization factors have an influence on the extent of shortages? ℗lWhat is the role of the socio-economic status of the inhabitants? ℗lIndustrialization? Consumption pattern? Each of the causes and effects were analyzed with the help of ℗l℗ldata from a climate model, which was then fed into a hydrologic model. The hydrologic output data was then put into various other novel simulation platforms to predict the uncertainties that can be caused by urbanization in various sectors of the regions of interest. The impact was calculated based on IPCC recommended climatic and five distinct urbanization scenarios. The study results will help to predict what is in store of those living in the developing countries. Possible mitigation measures are also discussed Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; Abstract; 1.1 Definition of Water Shortage; 1.2 Causes; 1.2.1 Urbanization; 1.2.1.1 Population Overgrowth; 1.2.1.2 Landuse Change; 1.2.1.3 Stress on Available Resources; 1.2.1.4 Change in Nature of Stakeholders; 1.2.2 Water Pollution; 1.2.2.1 Water and Energy Demand; 1.2.2.2 Increase in Concentration of Industries; 1.2.2.3 Increase in Agriculture Activities; 1.2.2.4 Increase in Amount of Urban Domestic Waste; 1.2.2.5 Increase in Power Plants; 1.2.3 Climate Change; 1.2.3.1 Rise in Average Temperature; 1.2.3.2 Increase in Number of Extreme Events Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-34 Multi Criteria Decision Making....Pages 35-47 Artificial Neural Network....Pages 49-54 Climate Change and Climate Models....Pages 55-66 Detail Methodology....Pages 67-77 Results and Discussions....Pages 79-93 Conclusion....Pages 95-98