Water Management and Climate Change

Name: Water Management and Climate Change
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Water Management and Climate ChangeDealing with Uncertainties\nAuthor(s): Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas, Avinash Tyagi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138809161, 978-1138809161\nSynopsis\nTo plan successfully and manage the increased uncertainties posed by likely future climate change, knowledge needs to advance much more for the water profession beyond what it is now available. Meeting these challenges does not depend exclusively on advances in climatological-hydrologic models. Policies for adaptation and strategies for mitigation measures have to be formulated on the basis of what are likely to be the potential impacts. These will have to be regularly fine-tuned and implemented according to changing needs and as more reliable knowledge and data become available. Even more challenging will be the politics of policy making and implementation, which will require a quantum leap from current policy-making and impl.