Water Security Under Climate Change

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Ensuring Water Security Under Climate Change

      • Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada

      Pages 3-20

   3. Water Security in the Face of Climate Change: Singapore’s Way

      • Peter Joo Hee Ng, Sharon Zheng

      Pages 21-32

   4. Consequences of Declining Resources on Water Services: The Risks if We Do not Act!

      • Diane D’Arras

      Pages 33-40

   5. Resilience Through Systems Thinking for Water Infrastructure

      • Cindy Wallis-Lage, Zeynep Kisoglu Erdal

      Pages 41-67

   6. Water Security and Climate Change: Hydropower Reservoir Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      • María Ubierna, Cristina Díez Santos, Sara Mercier-Blais

      Pages 69-94

   7. Climate Change and Its Implications for Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Management

      • Ashwin B. Pandya, Sahdev Singh, Prachi Sharma

      Pages 95-110

   8. Designing Research to Catalyse Climate Action

      • Bruce Currie-Alder, Ken De Souza

      Pages 111-133Open Access

3. Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135

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   2. Water-Resilient Places—Developing a Policy Framework for Surface Water Management and Blue-Green Infrastructure

      • Barry Greig, David Faichney

      Pages 137-164

   3. Supporting Evidence-Based Water and Climate Change Policy in Scotland Through Innovation and Expert Knowledge: The Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW)

      • Robert C. Ferrier, Rachel C. Helliwell, Helen M. Jones, Nikki H. Dodd, M. Sophie Beier, Ioanna Akoumianaki

      Pages 165-186

   4. Building A Resilient and Sustainable Water and Wastewater Service for Scotland

      • Mark E. Williams, Gordon Reid, Simon A. Parsons

      Pages 187-205

   5. What Are the Key Enablers in Pursuing Both Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation? Practical Lessons from Asian River Basins

      • Megumi Muto

      Pages 207-222

   6. The Great Glacier and Snow-Dependent Rivers of Asia and Climate Change: Heading for Troubled Waters

      • David J. Molden, Arun B. Shrestha, Walter W. Immerzeel, Amina Maharjan, Golam Rasul, Philippus Wester et al.

      Pages 223-250Open Access

   7. Assessment of and Adaptation Measures to the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in China

      • Aifeng Lv, Shaofeng Jia

      Pages 251-276

   8. Using Waternomics to Develop and Avoid Systemic Shocks to the Economy

      • Debra Tan

      Pages 277-311

   9. Managing Risks on Egypt Water Resources Security: Climate Change and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as Challenging Aspects

      • Mohamed Abdel Aty

      Pages 313-330

   10. Water Security Under Conditions of Increased Unpredictability: A Case Study

       • Marius Claassen

       Pages 331-349

   11. Temperature–Rainfall Anomalies and Climate Change: Possible Effects on Australian Agriculture in 2030 and 2050

       • R. Quentin Grafton, Glyn Wittwer

       Pages 351-374

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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• Water Resources
• COVID-19
• Economic Development Patterns
• Climate Uncertainties
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
• Water Resilient Places
• Surface Water Management
• Waternomics
• Water Infrastructure

• University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

  Asit K. Biswas

• School of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

  Cecilia Tortajada

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 Stockholm 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.

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