Cross-Border Organisations as an Adaptive Water Management Response to Climate Change: The Case of the Guadiana River Basin

10.1068/c0891 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 876-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc Cots ◽  
J David Tàbara ◽  
Darryn McEvoy ◽  
Saskia Werners ◽  
Elisabet Roca
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Adaptive Water Management ◽  
Guadiana River Basin

scholarly journals Modelling of Extreme Hydrological Events on a Tisza River Basin Pilot Area, Hungary

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 57-66
Author(s):  
Dávid Béla Vizi ◽  
János Fehér ◽  
Attila Lovas ◽  
Sándor Kovács
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Water Demands ◽  
Hydrological Extremes ◽  
Additional Task ◽  
Extreme Hydrological Events ◽  
Tisza River ◽  
Proper Operation

Abstract Climate change takes more and more challenges to the water management. Future predictions show that the possibility of extreme floods and drought events are increasing, thus an additional task of the water management can be the fulfilment of the increasing water demands. These new extreme hydrological situations need to be properly handled in water management. The paper presents the first modelling results of the JOINTISZA project carried out on a selected sub-basin of the Tisza River, which is endangered by hydrological extremes. Our aim was to demonstrate the applicability of a one-dimensional hydrodynamic model to study the effects of the climate change. Future hydrological trends were introduced in the river basin and it was assessed how the results of climate models can be used for further hydrodynamic modelling. To address challenges of climate change and supply the stakeholders with an adequate amount of water, proper operation of the reservoir and the irrigation canals are needed. The use of hydrological modelling can be helpful to adequately distribute water resources.

Synergistic impacts of climate and land cover change, and water management on terrestrial hydrology over headwaters with an integrated attribution framework

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Ji ◽  
Xing Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Change ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
Anthropogenic Climate Change ◽  
Surface Model ◽  
Streamflow Extremes

<p>Located over eastern Tibetan Plateau, the upper Yellow River basin (UYRB) provides about half of the total annual discharge of the entire Yellow River basin in northern China, and influences more than one hundred million people over downstream regions. In the Anthropocene, human activities such as greenhouse gases emission, human-induced land cover change and water management are changing the terrestrial hydrological process and streamflow extremes over UYRB. However, quantifying their separate influence is a great challenge due to limited observations and difficulty in modeling hydro-thermal processes over alpine regions.</p><p>Here we find significant fingerprints of anthropogenic climate change and land cover change in decreasing total water storage and increasing extremely low streamflow over UYRB headwater. While anthropogenic climate change, reservoir operation and land cover change significantly decreasing the probability of extreme flooding event over the UYRB by 31%, 45% and 10% respectively. The newly-developed Conjunctive Surface-Subsurface Process version 2 (CSSPv2) land surface model was first implemented at a high resolution (3km) over the UYRB. Comprehensive evaluations show the model well captures the variation and variability of hydrological variables. Simulations with and without land cover change were then compared to assess the impact of land cover change, while reservoir influence was calculated by comparing the modeled naturalized streamflow with observed streamflow. CSSPv2 was also driven by CMIP5 outputs with natural or anthropogenic forcings to assess influence of anthropogenic climate change. An integrated hydro-climate attribution framework was finally used to unify the contributions of different factors. Our results highlight the local-scale human influences (including land cover change and water management) on the streamflow extremes, which are still not well incorporated in current global climate models for detection and attribution studies.</p>

scholarly journals Analytical Framework to Assess the Incorporation of Climate Change Adaptation in Water Management: Application to the Tordera River Basin Adaptation Plan

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anabel Sanchez-Plaza ◽  
Annelies Broekman ◽  
Pilar Paneque
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Water Management Plans ◽  
Water Scarce

Projections indicate that the Mediterranean region is an area where drastic changes in climate will occur, which will significantly affect water resources. In a context of increasing pressure on water resources as a result of the reduction in water availability, it is essential and urgent to structure water management in a way that allows for adaptation to the challenges that the changing climate will bring to an already water scarce region. It is necessary to generate experiences and methodologies that are based on real case studies that will lay the foundations for the generalisation of practices of climate change adaptation in water management. In this study, we have developed a ready to use analytical framework to evaluate the coherence of water management plans and programs with climate change adaptation principles. We have tested the applicability of the framework that was developed on the Tordera River Basin Adaptation Plan (TRBAP). The analytical framework has proven to be easy to apply and to allow for identifying the inclusion or exclusion of key climate change adaptation features appropriately. We have structured this analytical framework as a starting point contributing to further assessments of how climate change adaptation is incorporated in water management.

Climate change impacts on river basin and freshwater ecosystems: some observations on challenges and emerging solutions

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avi Ostfeld ◽  
Stefano Barchiesi ◽  
Matthijs Bonte ◽  
Carol R. Collier ◽  
Katharine Cross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Freshwater Ecosystems ◽  
Delaware River ◽  
Change Models ◽  
Okavango River

Despite uncertainty pertaining to methods, assumptions and input data of climate change models, most models point towards a trend of an increasing frequency of flooding and drought events. How these changes reflect water management decisions and what can be done to minimize climate change impacts remains unclear. This paper summarizes and extends the workshop outcomes on ‘Climate Change Impacts on Watershed Management: Challenges and Emerging Solutions’ held at the IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, Montréal, 2010, hosted by the IWA Watershed and River Basin Management Specialist Group. The paper discusses climate change impacts on water management of freshwater ecosystems and river basins, and illustrates these with three case studies. It is demonstrated through the case studies that engagement of relevant stakeholders is needed early in the process of building environmental flows and climate change decision-making tools, to result in greater buy-in to decisions made, create new partnerships, and help build stronger water management institutions. New alliances are then created between water managers, policy makers, community members, and scientists. This has been highlighted by the demonstration of the Pangani integrated environmental flow assessment, through the Okavango River Basin case study, and in the more participatory governance approach proposed for the Delaware River Basin.

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