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OverviewGlobal climate change is expected to have major impacts on water resources and aquatic ecosystems. This prospect presents planners, who are already struggling to meet the demands of growing populations and economies, with new challenges. This volume examines these challenges and the resulting conceptual issues for water planning and project evaluation practices. The book is the first attempt to consider whether and how water resources, planning principles and evaluation criteria should be altered in view of the potential impacts of anthropogenically induced climate change. The principles and procedures that are in use today along with new approaches to nonstructural flood plain management, watershed management, water markets, and wetland banking will serve as the basis for the policies and strategies that deal with climate variability and anticipated change. This collection of papers reviews what water management ideas work, which ones need to be changed, and how planners and managers should begin incorporating aspects of risk and uncertainty into management decisions to deal expertly with climate change. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kenneth D. Frederick , D.C. Major , Eugene Z. StakhivPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.498kg ISBN: 9789048149124ISBN 10: 9048149126 Pages: 314 Publication Date: 01 December 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsClimate Change and Water Resources.- Water Resources Planning and Climate Change Assessment Methods.- Issue Assessments.- Intertemporal Equity, Discounting, and Economic Efficiency in Water Policy Evaluation.- Scale and Modeling Issues in Water Resources Planning.- Stochastic Hydrology in the Context of Climate Change.- Ecosystem Evaluation, Climate Change and Water Resources Planning.- Nonmarket Valuation and the Estimation of Damages from Global Warming.- Adapting to Climate Impacts on the Supply and Demand for Water.- Applications and Case Studies.- Assessing Urban Water Use and the Role of Water Conservation Measures under Climate Uncertainty.- Using Decision Analysis to Include Climate Change in Water Resources Decision Making.- Assessing Climate Change Implications for Water Resources Planning.- Engineering Design and Uncertainties Related to Climate Change.- Planning for Sea Level Rise and Shore Protection under Climate Uncertainty.- Global Warming and Water Management: Water Allocation and Project Evaluation.- Summary, Conclusions, Recommendations.- Water Resources Planning Principles and Evaluation Criteria for Climate Change: Summary and Conclusions.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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