Climate Variability and Change : A Basin Scale Indicator Approach to Understanding the Risk to Water Resources Development and Management

The impact of climate change is likely to have considerable implications for water resource planning, as well as adding to the risks to water infrastructure systems and effecting return on investments. Attention is increasingly being paid to adapta...

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Main Authors:	Strzepek, Kenneth, McCluskey, Alyssa, Boehlert, Brent, Jacobsen, Michael, Fant IV, Charles
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE ACCESS TO DATA ADEQUATE WATER ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ANTARCTICA ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS AVERAGE ANNUAL RUNOFF BASELINE CLIMATE DATA BASIN LEVEL BASINS CATCHMENT CATCHMENTS CLIMATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGY CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTIONS CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE VARIABLES CLIMATIC DATA CLIMATOLOGY CO COLORS COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE COVERING CRU DAILY TEMPERATURE DRAINAGE DRAINAGE WATER DROUGHT DROUGHT RISK DROUGHT SEVERITY ECOSYSTEM EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE EMISSIONS SCENARIO EMISSIONS SCENARIOS ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREME DROUGHT EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME VALUES FLOOD PROTECTION FLOOD RISK FLOODING FLOODS FUELS FUTURE CLIMATE VARIABILITY GCM GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GHG GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GRASSLAND GREEN HOUSE GASSES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER STORAGE HUMIDITY HYDROGEOLOGY HYDROLOGIC INDICATORS HYDROLOGIC MODELS HYDROLOGIC VARIABLES HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE HYDROLOGICAL MODEL HYDROLOGICAL REGIME HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEMS HYDROLOGY IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL WATER IPCC IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAND SURFACE MEAN ANNUAL RUNOFF MEAN TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES METEOROLOGY MOISTURE OCEANS PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX PERCOLATION PET PRECIPITATION RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL RUNOFF REGIONAL CLIMATE RESERVOIRS RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVERS RUNOFF SANITATION SEASON SNOW SOLAR RADIATION STREAMFLOW SUB-BASIN SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE WARMING SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE DATA TEMPERATURE RANGE TEMPERATURES THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE VEGETATION WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER AVAILABILITY WATER DEMAND WATER FLOWS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER INVESTMENTS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER PLANNING WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER SECTOR WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WELLS WIND WIND VELOCITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/09/15897484/climate-variability-change-basin-scale-indicator-approach-understanding-risk-water-resources-development-management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17250