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Book Synopsis A Deliberative Process to Incorporate Climate Change in Catchment Planning by :
Download or read book A Deliberative Process to Incorporate Climate Change in Catchment Planning written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effect of climate change on water security is now recognised by many as a major regional problem in Australia. The ability to cope with climate change has been shown internationally to depend on appropriate institutional frameworks at this level. However to this point climate change has invariably either been given a high priority as a regional issue and then not specifically included in developing catchment plans, or has been ignored even though water allocation issues are acknowledged as being highly important. In Australia, the relationship between water allocation and climate issues has recently gained prominence with the severity of the drought nationally and its effect on regional water security. In order for planners to determine the best way to develop management strategies to cope with gradual climate change impacts, as well as the more dramatic future climate events, it is necessary to understand how people react in terms of what is important to them and how they are likely to respond to climate impacts. The study outlined in this report used a participatory approach to develop a simple planning tool to analyse the impacts of and responses to global climate change in rural catchments. To achieve this, research was undertaken in two distinct catchments, the Murrumbidgee (New South Wales) and the Avon (Western Australia). The Murrumbidgee supports a large irrigation industry and regulated uses while the Avon is predominantly dryland farming. This report firstly provides a brief summary of the methodology of the adaptive study and the key lessons learnt that influenced the design of the catchment management planning tool. It then details the Deliberative Process in a simple “how to do” format.
Book Synopsis Climate Change and Water Resources Planning Criteria by : Kenneth D. Frederick
Download or read book Climate Change and Water Resources Planning Criteria written by Kenneth D. Frederick and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global 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.
Book Synopsis Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning by :
Download or read book Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This handbook considers both climate change adaptation (reduction of impacts) and mitigation [greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction]. Quantitative tools and techniques for addressing both are introduced and discussed in order to prepare comprehensive IRWMPs [integrated regional water management plans]. A guide to assess the vulnerability of a watershed or region to climate change impacts is presented in this handbook, and guidelines to prioritize vulnerabilities are introduced. This handbook relies on approaches that have been developed and applied to regional watershed planning processes. This handbook also presents case studies that provide illustrative examples in which the latest science and methods on climate change, including uncertainty and adaptive management approaches, have been applied outside academia. While the available suite of climate change tools and analytical techniques for incorporating climate change is continually advancing and improving, the underlying planning processes outlined in this handbook should continue to provide a solid basis for comprehensive watershed planning. Improved decisions about water resources management systems, whether adapting them to future climate change or mitigating climate change through reductions in GHG emissions, should result from application of the framework in this handbook. This handbook presents the range of decisions that need to be made and the factors that go into making those decisions at a local or regional level." -- Foreword.
Book Synopsis Planning for Climate Change by : Simin Davoudi
Download or read book Planning for Climate Change written by Simin Davoudi and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource provides authoritative guidance for spatial planners on how to meet the economic, social and environmental challenges that climate change raises for urban and regional development. It brings together some of the recent research and scholarly works on the role of spatial planning in combating climate change.
Book Synopsis Beyond Downscaling by : Kara N. DiFrancesco, Patrick Ray
Download or read book Beyond Downscaling written by Kara N. DiFrancesco, Patrick Ray and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change adds uncertainty to already complex global water challenges. Because climate change affects poorer countries and vulnerable populations the most, the World Bank strives to mainstream climate change considerations into its operations to inform investment and water resources management decisions. Although no standard method has been adopted yet by the Bank, common practice used downscaled projected precipitation and temperature from Global Climate Models (GCMs), as input to hydrologic models. While this has been useful in some applications, they often give too wide a dispersion of readings to provide useful guidance for site-specific water resources management and infrastructure planning and design. Rather than design for an uncertain situation selected a priori, the so-called “bottom-up” approaches explore the sensitivity of a chosen project to the effects of uncertainties caused by climate change. This book summarizes alternatives explored by a group of organizations (such as the U.S. Corps of Engineers, Conservation International, the University of Massachusetts and the Bank) all belonging to the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), to provide practitioners with the tools to adapt to the realities of climate change by following a decision-making process that incorporates bottom-up thinking.
Book Synopsis Quantification of Climate Change Impacts on Urban Catchment Hydrology and Water Sensitive Design Devices by : Muhammad Saleem Akhter
Download or read book Quantification of Climate Change Impacts on Urban Catchment Hydrology and Water Sensitive Design Devices written by Muhammad Saleem Akhter and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban catchments and waterways play a vital role in the development of cities. However, climate change is projected to adversely affect the urban catchment hydrology. Thus, future projections of climatic variables are needed at high temporal and spatial resolutions for stormwater impact assessment studies. In urban catchments, Water Sensitive Design (WSD) devices are proposed as a potential measure to mitigate the climate change impacts. Nevertheless, the performance assessment of WSD devices under climate change in a complex urban catchment hydrology can be a challenging task. Many studies have tried to downscale the climatic data and to investigate the adverse impacts at urban catchment hydrology across different temporal and spatial scales. However, a thorough analysis was hardly achieved because they mostly studied urban catchments as a part of larger catchments and either relied on the downscaled climatic data from a single Global Climate Model (GCM) or a single downscaling method. This study has assessed the capabilities of dynamical and statistical downscaling methods in climate impact studies by using twelve GCMs at the Lucas Creek catchment located in Auckland, New Zealand. For downscaling, a Regional Downscaling Model (RCM) and a Statistical Downscaling Model (SDSM) are used for dynamical and statistical downscaling methods. Through stormwater modelling, this study has fully evaluated the adverse effects on the urban catchment hydrology using Flow Duration Curves (FDCs) and Indicators of Hydrological Alteration (IHA) methods. This investigation at the full flow regime scale helped the study to understand the adverse impacts of climate change at low, medium and high flows in the urban waterways. Furthermore, the performance of WSD devices is evaluated under climate change scenarios and different mitigation and adaptation strategies are examined to enhance the performance of the WSD devices and keep the flows at the baseline. The results indicate that both the dynamical and the statistical methods have the capabilities to provide future climatic data at a daily time scale from the twelve selected GCMs. SDSM has shown some variation among the selected GCMs over the annual cycle however, such variations are also noticed in the dynamically downscaled data under three Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs); RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. Overall, both the methods indicated a significant increase in the flow magnitudes of different return periods in future. The flow time series generated by PCSWMM indicated that peak flow (Q.001) is increased by 370% under RCP 4.5 and low flow (Q95) is increased by 40%. Likewise, most of the IHA parameters show a significant variation in the 2050s and 2090s indicating a severe impact on the ecological environments of the urban waterways. Regarding the performance of WSD devices, this study highlights that installation of WSD devices such as bioretention system and permeable pavements at 30% of the catchment area would mitigate extra flow and volume projected by most of the selected GCMs. However, this mitigation strategy would demand significant catchment areas for peak flows with more than 100% rise. On the other hand, 56% and 24% increments in the dimensions of berm height and soil thickness of the bioretention system can alleviate a 180% increase in the flow in the 2050s under RCP 2.6. Similarly, for permeable pavement, soil thickness and storage length would require an increase of 100% each to mitigate a 78% increase in the peak flow in the 2050s. Results of the study also show that the deployment of WSD devices as a single unit would not mitigate the floods of different return periods adequately. However, coupled use of WSD devices can enhance their performance to alleviate the risks of frequent as well as severe floods up to a 100-year return period. This study has downscaled the future climatic data and quantified the adverse effects on urban catchment hydrology and WSD devices however, there are many uncertainties associated with the GCMs that has been tried to reduce by the application of multiple GCMs and scenarios. The variations among the projections of selected GCMs indicate the presence of the uncertainties however, climate change would adversely affect urban catchment hydrology and the performance of the WSD devices would be reduced in the uncertain future. Therefore, this study would be beneficial for urban planners and managers for better catchment planning and deployment of WSD devices for mitigating the climate change impacts.
Book Synopsis Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change by : Ian Burton
Download or read book Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change written by Ian Burton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptation is a process by which individuals, communities and countries seek to cope with the consequences of climate change. The process of adaptation is not new; the idea of incorporating future climate risk into policy-making is. While our understanding of climate change and its potential impacts has become clearer, the availability of practical guidance on adaptation has not kept pace. The development of the Adaptation Policy Framework (APF) is intended to help provide the rapidly evolving process of adaptation policy-making with a much-needed roadmap. Ultimately, the purpose of the APF is to support adaptation processes to protect - and enhance - human well-being in the face of climate change. This volume will be invaluable for everyone working on climate change adaptation and policy-making.
Book Synopsis Incorporating Climate Change Risk Into Water Corporation Emergency Management Planning by : Victoria. Department of Environment, Land Water and Planning
Download or read book Incorporating Climate Change Risk Into Water Corporation Emergency Management Planning written by Victoria. Department of Environment, Land Water and Planning and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Climate Change Adaptation in the Water Sector by : Fulco Ludwig
Download or read book Climate Change Adaptation in the Water Sector written by Fulco Ludwig and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Future climate change is likely to make things worse.
Book Synopsis Implementation Framework for Climate Change Adaptation Planning at a Watershed Scale by : Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
Download or read book Implementation Framework for Climate Change Adaptation Planning at a Watershed Scale written by Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Implementation Framework for Climate Change Adaptation Planning at a Watershed Scale (Framework) was developed by the Water Monitoring and Climate Change Project Team of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) Water Management Committee (WMC). The Framework provides watershed managers with a structured process to identify and reduce climate vulnerability and risk, and build resiliency within the watershed. The Framework presents a methodology through which a group of individuals can come together to assess and manage vulnerabilities and risks stemming from climate change at a watershed level. It is informed by existing international and domestic climate change adaptation frameworks that appear in published literature and a jurisdictional survey of climate change adaptation practitioners from across Canada. The Framework lists seven key steps, each with a series of tasks and outcomes. Inherent to the process is the intention of adaptive management. The method of managing adaptively is appropriate for this context in dealing with uncertainty in climate change as well as the importance of tracking, monitoring and evaluating adaptive measures designed to reduce climate risk.
Book Synopsis Integrating Climate Adaptation in Water Catchment Planning in Uganda by :
Download or read book Integrating Climate Adaptation in Water Catchment Planning in Uganda written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Methodology to Evaluate the Effect of Climate Change on Catchment Hydrology by : Nadarajah Nandakumar
Download or read book A Methodology to Evaluate the Effect of Climate Change on Catchment Hydrology written by Nadarajah Nandakumar and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Climate Change and Cities by : Cynthia Rosenzweig
Download or read book Climate Change and Cities written by Cynthia Rosenzweig and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 855 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Urban Climate Change Research Network's Second Assessment Report on Climate Change in Cities (ARC3.2) is the second in a series of global, science-based reports to examine climate risk, adaptation, and mitigation efforts in cities. The book explicitly seeks to explore the implications of changing climatic conditions on critical urban physical and social infrastructure sectors and intersectoral concerns. The primary purpose of ARC3.2 is to inform the development and implementation of effective urban climate change policies, leveraging ongoing and planned investments for populations in cities of developing, emerging, and developed countries. This volume, like its predecessor, will be invaluable for a range of audiences involved with climate change and cities: mayors, city officials and policymakers; urban planners; policymakers charged with developing climate change mitigation and adaptation programs; and a broad spectrum of researchers and advanced students in the environmental sciences.
Download or read book טיפול בקשישים בביתם written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Christina Culwick Publisher :Gauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO) ISBN 13 :0639987370 Total Pages :187 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (399 download)
Book Synopsis Towards applying a green infrastructure approach in the Gauteng City-Region by : Christina Culwick
Download or read book Towards applying a green infrastructure approach in the Gauteng City-Region written by Christina Culwick and published by Gauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO). This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the context of heightened climate variability, thinking about ways to redesign our urban areas with more sustainable infrastructure solutions is becoming more and more important. Green infrastructure (GI) is emerging as an alternative approach to traditional (‘grey’) infrastructure in urban planning and development. Its emergence can be understood in terms of the growing demand for infrastructure and services, increased concerns over natural resource constraints and climate change, and the negative impacts associated with traditional approaches to designing and building cities. It has been proposed that GI can provide the same services as traditional infrastructure at a similar capital cost, while also providing a range of additional benefits. However, despite the increasing examples of successful urban GI applications, traditional infrastructure continues to dominate due to the lack of systematic evidence to support GI implementation. As a result, there has been an increase in calls from policy- and decision-makers for a greater evidence base on the benefits of GI, as well as for practical guidelines on its implementation. ‘Towards applying a green infrastructure approach in the Gauteng City-Region’ is the GCRO’s third report in its ongoing research into 'Green assets and infrastructure'. The first two reports in this project series were more theoretically grounded and policy-oriented, whereas this third report is more practical in nature. The first report explored the basic principles around GI, assessed the extent of ecological features in Gauteng and the way governments in the province think about planning and maintenance of green assets. The second report responded to some of the challenges identified in the first report, and in particular the importance of government officials and practitioners in exploring how international green infrastructure plans could be applied in the Gauteng context. This third report builds on the findings of the aforementioned reports and the project’s CityLab series, which highlighted the need to build an evidence base as critical for garnering support for and as well as enhancing investment in the GI approach. Unlike the more theoretically grounded earlier reports, this report comprises four technical sections and practical reflections on how a GI approach could be incorporated into urban planning in the GCR and in other similar urban contexts.
Book Synopsis Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change by : Todd Schenk
Download or read book Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change written by Todd Schenk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the challenges that decision-makers grapple with in relation to climate change are governance related. Planning and decision-making is evolving in ambiguous institutional environments, in which many key issues remain unresolved, including relationships between different actors; funding arrangements; and the sources and procedures for vetting data. These issues are particularly acute at this juncture, as climate adaptation moves from broad planning processes to the management of infrastructure systems. Concrete decisions must be made. Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change draws on case studies of three coastal cities situated within very different governance regimes: neo-corporatist Rotterdam, neo-pluralist Boston and semi-authoritarian Singapore. The book examines how infrastructure managers and other stakeholders grappling with complex and uncertain climate risks are likely to make project-level decisions in practice, and how more effective decision-making can be supported. The differences across governance regimes are currently unaccounted for in adaptation planning, but are crucial as best practices are devised. These lessons are also applicable to infrastructure planning and decision-making in other contexts. This book will be of great interest to scholars of climate change and environmental policy and governance, particularly in the context of infrastructure management.
Author :Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / Working Group Technical Support Unit Publisher : ISBN 13 :9789291691234 Total Pages :200 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (912 download)
Book Synopsis Climate Change and Water by : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / Working Group Technical Support Unit
Download or read book Climate Change and Water written by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / Working Group Technical Support Unit and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Technical Paper addresses the issue of freshwater. Sealevel rise is dealt with only insofar as it can lead to impacts on freshwater in coastal areas and beyond. Climate, freshwater, biophysical and socio-economic systems are interconnected in complex ways. Hence, a change in any one of these can induce a change in any other. Freshwater-related issues are critical in determining key regional and sectoral vulnerabilities. Therefore, the relationship between climate change and freshwater resources is of primary concern to human society and also has implications for all living species. -- page vii.
