Water Security Under Climate Change

by Asit K. Biswas (Editor), Cecilia Tortajada (Editor)

Overview

This book highlights the likely impacts of climate change in terms of global and national water securities, how different countries are attempting to address these complex problems and to what extent they are likely to succeed. A major global concern at present, especially after the social and economic havoc that has been caused by COVID-19 in only one year, is how we can return to earlier levels of economic development patterns and then further improve the process so that sustainable development goals are reached to the extent possible by 2030, in both developed and developing countries. Mankind is now facing two existential problems over the next several decades. These are climate change and whether the world will have access to enough water to meet all its food, energy, environment and health needs. Much of expected climate change impacts can be seen through the lens of extreme hydrological events, like droughts, floods and other extreme hydrometeorological events.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811654923
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	09/29/2021
Series:	Water Resources Development and Management
Edition description:	1st ed. 2022
Pages:	380
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Asit K. Biswas is one of the world’s leading authorities on water, environment and development-related issues. He is a distinguished academic and has been an advisor and confidant to Presidents, Prime Ministers and Ministers in 23 countries, six Heads of United Nations Agencies, two Secretary-Generals of OECD, several Heads of bilateral aid agencies and four CEOs or Chairmen of major MNCs. He has received numerous international awards, including Skholm Water Prize, considered to be the Nobel Prize for water. He is a recipient of seven Honorary Doctorates from leading global universities; he is the author of 89 books. His work has been translated into 42 languages.

Cecilia Tortajada has been an advisor to major international institutions like FAO, UNDP, JICA, ADB, OECD, IDRC and GIZ and has worked in numerous countries in Africa, Asia, North and South America and Europe on water and natural resources management and environment policies. She is the winner of the prestigious Crystal Drop Award of the International Water Resources Association and a member of the International Selection Committee, Millennium Technology Prize, Technology Academy Finland. She is a past President of the International Water Resources Association and an editor‐in‐chief of the International Journal of Water Resources Development. She is a leading global authority on urban water and wastewater management, and her work has been translated into eight languages.

Table of Contents

Ensuring Water Security under Climate Change.- Water Security in the Face of Climate Change: Singapore’s Way.- Consequences of Declining Resources on Water Services: The Risks If We Do Not React!.- Resilience through Systems Thinking for Water Infrastructure.- Water Security and Climate Change: Hydropower Reservoir Greenhouse Gas Emissions.- Climate Change and its Implications for Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Management .- Designing Research to Catalyse Climate Action.- Water Resilient Places—Developing a Policy Framework for Surface Water Management and Blue-Green Infrastructure.- Supporting Evidence-based Water and Climate Change Policy in Scotland through Innovation and Expert Knowledge: The Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW).- Building A Resilient and Sustainable Water and Wastewater Service for Scotland.- What are the Key Enablers in Pursuing both Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation? Practical Lessons from Asian River Basins.- The Great Glacier and SnowDependent Rivers of Asia and Climate Change: Heading for Troubled Waters.- Assessment of and Adaptation Measures to the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in China.- Using Waternomics to Develop and Avoid Systemic Shocks to the Economy.- Managing Risks on Egypt Water Resources Security: Climate Change and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as Challenging Aspects.- Water Security Under Conditions of Increased Unpredictability: A Case Study.- Temperature-Rainfall Anomalies and Climate Change: Possible Effects on Australian Agriculture in 2030 and 2050.