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Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management Under Climate Change

  • Offers insights into the different approaches and methodologies for adaptive water resources management, capacity building and institutional analysis

  • Provides a comprehensive overview of climate variability and change-sensitive management of water resources systems

  • Presents field-tested approaches and innovative paradigms for managing water resources, supported by results from a number of case studies around the world

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Hydrological Aspects of Climate Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Impact of Climatic and Land Use Changes on River Flows in the Southern Alps

      • Roberto Ranzi, Paolo Caronna, Massimo Tomirotti
      Pages 61-83
  3. Decision Making for Managing Water Resources Systems Under Climate Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
  4. Adaptive Policy Under Climate Change: Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
    2. Adaptation to Climate Change: Risk Management

      • Slobodan P. Simonovic
      Pages 157-187
    3. Adaptation to Climate Change: Decision Making

      • Young-Oh Kim, Eun Sung Chung
      Pages 189-221
    4. Adaptation to Climate Change: Green Development

      • Elpida Kolokytha
      Pages 223-260
    5. Adaptation to Climate Change: Institutional Analysis

      • Ana Cristina Souza da Silva, Carlos de Oliveira Galvão, Márcia Maria Rios Ribeiro, Tafnes da Silva Andrade
      Pages 261-280
  5. The Way Ahead

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-281
    2. Climate Change Impacts and Water Resource Management and Planning

      • Elpida Kolokytha, Carlos de Oliveira Galvão, Ramesh S. V. Teegavarapu
      Pages 283-295
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 297-303

About this book

This book discusses different aspects of water resources, ranging from hydrology and modeling to management and policy responses. Climate changes and the uncertainty of future hydrological regimes make sustainable water resources management a difficult task, requiring a set of approaches that address climate variability and change. The book focuses on three main themes: hydrological changes, adaptive decision-making for water resources, and institutional analysis and risk management. It discusses the applications and limitations of climate change models and scenarios related to precipitation projection, which predicts to the future availability of water. It also offers interesting examples from around the globe to describe the policy options for dealing with climate change. Addressing emerging issues that need to be resolved and techniques that can be applied for sustainable climate-change-sensitive water resources protection and management, this practical, state-of-the-art reference book is a valuable resource for researchers, students and professionals interested in sustainable water resources management in a changing climate.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Civil Engineering Division of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Elpida Kolokytha

  • The Research Center for Urban Safety and Security, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

    Satoru Oishi

  • Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

    Ramesh S.V. Teegavarapu

About the editors

Elpida Kolokytha, Associate Professor, PhD, Division of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece


Satoru Oishi, Professor, PhD, Research Center for Urban Safety and Security, Kobe University, 1-1, Rokko-dai, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan


Ramesh Teegavarapu, Associate Professor, PhD, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, EW217, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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