Climate Change Impacts on Basin Agro-ecosystems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. An Integrated Approach to Climate Change Impact Assessment on Basin Hydrology and Agriculture

   • Tsugihiro Watanabe, Takanori Nagano, Rıza Kanber, Selim Kapur

   Pages 1-15

3. Projections of Future Climate Change

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Climate Change Projection over Turkey with a High-Resolution Atmospheric General Circulation Model

      • Akio Kitoh

      Pages 19-32

   3. Development of Precise Precipitation Data for Assessing the Potential Impacts of Climate Change

      • Akiyo Yatagai, Vinay Kumar, Tiruvalam N. Krishnamurti

      Pages 33-47

   4. The Atmospheric Moisture Budget over the Eastern Mediterranean Based on the Super-High-Resolution Global Model – Effects of Global Warming at the End of the 21st Century

      • Pinhas Alpert, Fengjun Jin

      Pages 49-67

4. Climate Change Impacts on Basin Hydrology and Agricultural Water Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Impacts of Climate Change on Basin Hydrology and the Availability of Water Resources

      • Kenji Tanaka, Yoichi Fujihara, Fatih Topaloğlu, Slobodan P. Simonovic, Toshiharu Kojiri

      Pages 71-97

   3. Evaluation of Impact of Climate Changes in the Lower Seyhan Irrigation Project Area, Turkey

      • Keisuke Hoshikawa, Takanori Nagano, Takashi Kume, Tsugihiro Watanabe

      Pages 99-123

   4. Adaptation of Contemporary Irrigation Systems to Face the Challenges of Future Climate Changes in the Mediterranean Region: A Case Study of the Lower Seyhan Irrigation System

      • Rıza Kanber, Mustafa Ünlü, Burçak Kapur, Bülent Özekici, Sevgi Donma

      Pages 125-161

5. Climate Change Impacts on Land Use and Vegetation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. Impacts of Agriculture on Coastal Dunes and a Proposal for Adaptation to Climate Change: The Case of the Akyatan Area in the Seyhan Delta

      • Kemal Tulühan Yılmaz, Didem Harmancı, Yüksel Ünlükaplan, Hakan Alphan, Levent Tezcan

      Pages 165-182

   3. Estimating Spatio-temporal Responses of Net Primary Productivity to Climate Change Scenarios in the Seyhan Watershed by Integrating Biogeochemical Modelling and Remote Sensing

      • Süha Berberoğlu, Fatih Evrendilek, Cenk Dönmez, Ahmet Çilek

      Pages 183-199

   4. Prediction of Vertical and Horizontal Distribution of Vegetation Due to Climate Change in the Eastern Mediterranean Region of Turkey

      • Junji Sano, Shigenobu Tamai, Makoto Ando, Kemal Tulühan Yılmaz

      Pages 201-221

   5. Climate Change and Animal Farming

      • Nazan Koluman (Darcan), Hasan Rüştü Kutlu, İnanç Güney

      Pages 223-242

6. Climate Change Impacts on Soil-Water and Crop Interactions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243

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   2. Interactive Effects of Elevated CO2 and Climate Change on Wheat Production in the Mediterranean Region

      • Burçak Kapur, Mehmet Aydın, Tomohisa Yano, Müjde Koç, Celaleddin Barutçular

      Pages 245-268

   3. Enhanced Growth Rate and Reduced Water Demand of Crop Due to Climate Change in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

      • Jiftah Ben-Asher, Tomohisa Yano, Mehmet Aydın, Axel Garcia y Garcia

      Pages 269-293

   4. Sensitivity of Reference Evapotranspiration and Soil Evaporation to Climate Change in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

      • Mehmet Aydın, Tsugihiro Watanabe, Selim Kapur

      Pages 295-315

7. Climate Change Impacts on Regional Agricultural Production

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 317-317

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This book is based on the outcomes of a Turkish-Japanese bilateral project dealing with the impacts of climate change on basin agro-ecosystems. The book is unique in showing an up-to-date knowledge for the developing world. The chapters are related to: a) the development and improvement of a regional climate model for a more accurate prediction with higher resolution of future changes in regional climate, b) the structure of land and water management in agricultural production systems in arid areas, especially to quantitatively evaluate the relationships among cropping systems, hydrological cycle and water balance in farmland and its environments, c) the assessment of the impact of climate change and its adaptation on agricultural production systems, mainly on the aspect of land and water management, and d) the vulnerability of agricultural production systems from natural changes and the measures for enhancing sustainability of agriculture.

This book elaborates on the methodologies for the assessment of climate change impacts on agricultural production and adaptation
In this book, the concepts and processes of an integrated approach are outlined, and its application in a case project is introduced
The approaches described in the chapters would be applicable in different situations and could be improved with experience and the introduction of advanced techniques

• Climate change Adaptation
• Sustainability of Agriculture
• Basin agro-ecosystems
• Agricultural production systems
• Water resources management
• future changes in regional climate
• land and water management
• climate change
• water policy
• climate change impacts

• Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  Tsugihiro Watanabe

• Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey

  Selim Kapur

• Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Turkey

  Mehmet Aydın

• Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation Engineering, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey

  Rıza Kanber

• School of Technical Sciences, Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Turkey

  Erhan Akça

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