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Increasing resilience to climate variability and change : the roles of infrastructure and governance in the context of adaptation

Tortajada, Cecilia, editor

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\"This book highlights the role that both infrastructure and governance play in the context of resilience and adaptation to climate variability and change. Eleven case studies analyze in-depth impacts of extreme events in projects, basins and regions in the Arid Americas (United States and Mexico), Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Nepal, Mexico, Pakistan, Turkey and South Africa. They discuss the importance of infrastructure (mainly reservoirs) in adaptation strategies, how planning and management aspects should improve in response to changing climatic, economic, social and environmental situations and what the management, institutional and financial challenges would be for their implementation. Governance aspects (policies, institutions and decision making) and technical and knowledge limitations are a substantial part of the analyses. The case studies argue that reservoirs are essential to build resilience contributing to adaptation to climate variability and change. However, that for them to be effective, they need to be planned and managed within a governance framework that considers long-term perspectives and multi-sector and multi-level actor needs and perspectives.\"--Page 4 of cover.

• Publisher: Springer
• Subject: Rivers Regulation Government policy Case studies. / Water-supply Management Government policy Case studies. / Reservoirs Management Government policy Case studies. / Climatic changes Government policy Case studies.
• ISBN: 9789811019135, 9811019134

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
TC530.I53 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE