Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Management : Adaptation Challenges and Opportunities in Northeast Brazil

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has a unique mix of qualities and challenges when it comes to the environment. It is exceptionally endowed with natural assets, with globally significant biodiversity and valuable crops, and also harbors...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AIR QUALITY ALLOCATION PROCESS AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION BULK WATER CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATE CHANGE COVERING DECISION MAKERS DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DROUGHT ECONOMIC VALUE EMISSION REDUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EVAPORATION FLOW RATE HYDROLOGY IRRIGATION IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SCHEME IRRIGATION WATER IRRIGATORS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCERS QUALITY STANDARDS RAINFALL RAINFALL VARIABILITY RESERVOIRS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RIVER BASIN RIVER BASINS RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SANITATION SECTOR STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION SURFACE RUNOFF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WATER ALLOCATION WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER DEMAND WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGERS WATER PRICING WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER RIGHTS WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFFS WATER TRANSFERS WATER USE WATER USERS WATERSHED
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18004488/climate-change-impacts-water-resources-management-adaptation-challenges-opportunities-northeast-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16593

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spelling	okr-10986-165932021-04-23T14:03:30Z Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Management : Adaptation Challenges and Opportunities in Northeast Brazil World Bank AIR QUALITY ALLOCATION PROCESS AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION BULK WATER CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATE CHANGE COVERING DECISION MAKERS DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DROUGHT ECONOMIC VALUE EMISSION REDUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EVAPORATION FLOW RATE HYDROLOGY IRRIGATION IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SCHEME IRRIGATION WATER IRRIGATORS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCERS QUALITY STANDARDS RAINFALL RAINFALL VARIABILITY RESERVOIRS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RIVER BASIN RIVER BASINS RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SANITATION SECTOR STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION SURFACE RUNOFF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WATER ALLOCATION WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER DEMAND WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGERS WATER PRICING WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER RIGHTS WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFFS WATER TRANSFERS WATER USE WATER USERS WATERSHED The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has a unique mix of qualities and challenges when it comes to the environment. It is exceptionally endowed with natural assets, with globally significant biodiversity and valuable crops, and also harbors the world's greatest carbon sink in the Amazon. Over the past twenty years, the LAC region has made impressive gains in tackling these issues. It leads the developing world in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management and is at the forefront in reducing urban pollution. The environment and water resources occasional paper series is a publication of the Environment and Water Resources Unit (LCSEN) of the sustainable development department in the World Bank's Latin America and the Caribbean Region. The purpose of the series is to contribute to the global knowledge exchange on innovation in environmental and water resources management and the pursuit of greener and more inclusive growth. The papers seek to bring to a broader public-decision makers, development practitioners, academics and other partners-lessons learned from World Bank financed projects, technical assistance and other knowledge activities jointly undertaken with partners. This project proved to be a critical first step in better understanding how climate change will translate to water scarcity, and how the drought-prone and rapidly developing Northeast Region of Brazil could adapt through more flexible water management and allocation strategies. 2014-01-17T22:32:24Z 2014-01-17T22:32:24Z 2013-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18004488/climate-change-impacts-water-resources-management-adaptation-challenges-opportunities-northeast-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16593 English en_US Latin America and Caribbean Region Environment and Water Resources occasional paper series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean
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topic	AIR QUALITY ALLOCATION PROCESS AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION BULK WATER CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATE CHANGE COVERING DECISION MAKERS DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DROUGHT ECONOMIC VALUE EMISSION REDUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EVAPORATION FLOW RATE HYDROLOGY IRRIGATION IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SCHEME IRRIGATION WATER IRRIGATORS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCERS QUALITY STANDARDS RAINFALL RAINFALL VARIABILITY RESERVOIRS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RIVER BASIN RIVER BASINS RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SANITATION SECTOR STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION SURFACE RUNOFF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WATER ALLOCATION WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER DEMAND WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGERS WATER PRICING WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER RIGHTS WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TARIFFS WATER TRANSFERS WATER USE WATER USERS WATERSHED
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description	The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has a unique mix of qualities and challenges when it comes to the environment. It is exceptionally endowed with natural assets, with globally significant biodiversity and valuable crops, and also harbors the world's greatest carbon sink in the Amazon. Over the past twenty years, the LAC region has made impressive gains in tackling these issues. It leads the developing world in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management and is at the forefront in reducing urban pollution. The environment and water resources occasional paper series is a publication of the Environment and Water Resources Unit (LCSEN) of the sustainable development department in the World Bank's Latin America and the Caribbean Region. The purpose of the series is to contribute to the global knowledge exchange on innovation in environmental and water resources management and the pursuit of greener and more inclusive growth. The papers seek to bring to a broader public-decision makers, development practitioners, academics and other partners-lessons learned from World Bank financed projects, technical assistance and other knowledge activities jointly undertaken with partners. This project proved to be a critical first step in better understanding how climate change will translate to water scarcity, and how the drought-prone and rapidly developing Northeast Region of Brazil could adapt through more flexible water management and allocation strategies.
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title	Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Management : Adaptation Challenges and Opportunities in Northeast Brazil
title_short	Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Management : Adaptation Challenges and Opportunities in Northeast Brazil
title_full	Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Management : Adaptation Challenges and Opportunities in Northeast Brazil
title_fullStr	Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Management : Adaptation Challenges and Opportunities in Northeast Brazil
title_full_unstemmed	Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Management : Adaptation Challenges and Opportunities in Northeast Brazil
title_sort	climate change impacts on water resources management : adaptation challenges and opportunities in northeast brazil
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18004488/climate-change-impacts-water-resources-management-adaptation-challenges-opportunities-northeast-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16593
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