Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability on Hydrological Regimes 1st Edition by Jan C Van Dam ISBN 051156449X 9780511564499

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ISBN 10: 051156449X

ISBN 13: 9780511564499 

Author: Jan C. van Dam 

Water is going to be one of the key, if not the most critical, environmental issues in the twenty-first century because of the escalation in socio-economic pressures on the environment in general. Any future climate change or climate variability will only accentuate such pressures. This volume initially follows the perspective of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to infer possible changes in hydrological regimes and water quality based on the outputs from various scenarios of General Circulation Models (GCMs). In subsequent chapters, the possible effects of climate change on the hydrology of each of the continents is examined. The book concludes with an overview of hydrological models for use in the evaluation of the impacts of climate change. It will provide a valuable guide for environmental planners and policy-makers, and will also be of use to all students and researchers interested in the possible effects of climate change.

• Important and topical subject in climate change
• Published in the well-respected International Hydrology Series, which is run in collaboration with a major UNESCO organisation
• No other volume exists on the same topic
• Contributors are world experts in their field
• Contains excellent case studies for each of the continents

Table of contents:

1. Introduction
2. Climate change, hydrology and water resources: the work of the IPCC, 1988–94
3. Assessment of the impacts of climate variability and change on the hydrology of South America
4. Assessment of the impacts of climate variability and change on the hydrology of North America
5. Assessment of the impacts of climate variability and change on the hydrology of Europe
6. Assessment of the impacts of climate variability and change on the hydrology of Africa
7. Assessment of the impacts of climate variability and change on the hydrology of Asia and Australia
8. Overview of models for use in the evaluation of the impacts of climate change on hydrology
9. Conclusions and recommendations

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