Increasing Resilience to Climate Variability and Change : The Roles of Infrastructure and Governance in the Context of Adaptation /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Tortajada, Cecilia. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Water Resources Development and Management,
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Murray-Darling Basin: climate change, infrastructure and water
  • Climate change adaptation, water infrastructure development, and responsive governance in the Himalayas: The case study of Nepal’s Koshi River basin
  • Building Pakistan´s resilience to natural disasters in the Indus River Basin
  • Yellow River: Re-operation of Infrastructure system to increase Resilience to Climate Variability and Changes
  • Seyhan Dam, Turkey
  • Contributions of Aswan High Dam in Alleviating the Impacts of Climate Fluctuations and Change
  • Greater security with less water: Sterkfontein Dam’s contribution to systemic resilience
  • The Durance-Verdon river basin in France: the role of infrastructures and governance for adaptation to climate change
  • Enhancing governance of climate resilience in the Arid Americas: A multi-country comparative assessment of the role of reservoirs in adaptive management
  • Mitigation measures for high-risk dams, considering changes in their climate and basin in Mexico
  • Sobradinho Reservoir.