Water, Climate Change, and Sustainability
Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Sangam Shrestha, David Wiberg, Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Sangam Shrestha, David Wiberg
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Water, Climate Change, and Sustainability
Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Sangam Shrestha, David Wiberg, Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Sangam Shrestha, David Wiberg
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WATER, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND SUSTAINABILITY
An in-depth review of sustainable concepts in water resources management under climate change
Climate change continues to intensify existing pressures in water resources management, such as rapid population growth, land use changes, pollution, damming of rivers, and many others. Securing a reliable water supplyâcritical for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)ârequires understanding of the relation between finite water resources, climate variability/change, and various elements of sustainability. Water, Climate Change, and Sustainability is a timely and in-depth examination of the concept of sustainability as it relates to water resources management in the context of climate changerisks.
Featuring contributions by global authors, this edited volume is organized into three sections: Sustainability Concepts; Sustainability Approaches, Tools, and Techniques; and Sustainability in Practice. Detailed chapters describe the linkage between water and sustainable development, highlight the development and use of new measuring and reporting methods, and discuss the implementation of sustainability concepts in various water use sectors. Topics include localizing and mainstreaming global water sustainability initiatives, resilient water infrastructure for poverty reduction, urban water security for sustainable cities, climate actions and challenges for sustainable ecosystem services, and more. This important resource:
- Reviews contemporary scientific research and practical applications in the areas of water, climate change and sustainability in different regions of the world
- Discusses future directions of research and practices in relation to expected patterns of climate changes
- Covers a wide range of concepts, theories, and perspectives of sustainable development of water resources
- Features case studies of field and modelling techniques for analyzing water resources and evaluating vulnerability, security, and associated risks
- Discusses practical applications of water resources in contexts such as food security, global health, clean energy, and climate action
Water, Climate Change, and Sustainability ?is an invaluable resource for policy makers water managers, researchers, and other professionals in the field, and an ideal text for graduate students in hydrogeology, climate change, geophysics, geochemistry, geography, water resources, and environmental science.
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Section II
Sustainability Approaches, Tools, and Techniques
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Approaches and Tools to Assess WaterâClimateâSustainability Nexus: A Systematic Review
ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a systematic review of approaches and tools used to assess the waterâclimateâsustainability (WCS) nexus. A total of 139 peerâreviewed articles published between January 2016 and January 2019 were identified from the Scopus database, based on selected keywords. Out of these articles, 77 were selected based on a set of criteria. In the second round, articles related to overviews and reviews were excluded in order to identify the articles that employed the distinct features of WCSânexus assessments. Our findings showed that the WCSânexus assessment shifted from its original roots in the engineering sciences to an interdisciplinary and multiâsectoral field with environmental science, agricultural and biological sciences, earth and planetary sciences, and social science taking the lead. Our review indicated that Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) was the concept that best fitted the WCSânexus assessment idea. Furthermore, water sustainability research mostly occurs in locations subjected to water scarcity problems, and that river basins or watersheds were the highest scale at which WCSânexus studies were carried out. This makes WCSânexus studies a truly transboundary issue that will require regional policies and agreements to be put in place.