Mapping the Resilience of International River Basins to Future Climate Change-Induced Water Variability, Volume 2. Appendices

The study presented in this report aims to increase our understanding of the global distribution of treaty and River Basin Organization (RBO) mechanisms that may confer resilience to variability in the hydrological regime and how that distribution...

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Main Authors: De Stefano, Lucia, Duncan, James, Dinar, Shlomi, Stahl, Kerstin, Strzepek, Kenneth, Wolf, Aaron T.
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spelling okr-10986-172572021-04-23T14:03:36Z Mapping the Resilience of International River Basins to Future Climate Change-Induced Water Variability, Volume 2. Appendices De Stefano, Lucia Duncan, James Dinar, Shlomi Stahl, Kerstin Strzepek, Kenneth Wolf, Aaron T. ALLOCATING WATER ARBITRATION BASIN BASIN PROJECT BOUNDARIES BOUNDARY CANAL WATER CLIMATE CHANGE COAST CONFLICT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONVENTION DAM DIKES DIVERSION OF WATER DOMESTIC USE DRY SEASON ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ENTRY INTO FORCE EXPLOITATION FLOOD CONTROL FRONTIER FRONTIERS GROUNDWATER HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROPOWER INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION INTERNATIONAL TREATY INTERNATIONAL WATERS IRRIGATION LAKE LAKES LEGAL STATUS MANAGEMENT OF WATER MASSACRE MEETING NEUTRALITY PEACE PEACE TREATY PROTOCOL PROTOCOLS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT RATIFICATION RECONSTRUCTION RIPARIAN RIPARIAN STATES RIVER RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN ORGANIZATION RIVER BASINS RIVER CHANNELS RIVER DELTA RIVERS SOVEREIGNTY SUB-BASIN SUPPLY OF WATER TEMPORARY DIVERSION TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS TREATIES TREATY TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP TRIBUTARIES TRIBUTARY WATER AVAILABILITY WATER MANAGEMENT WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCES WATER RIGHTS WATER SUPPLY WATER USE WATER WITHDRAWAL The study presented in this report aims to increase our understanding of the global distribution of treaty and River Basin Organization (RBO) mechanisms that may confer resilience to variability in the hydrological regime and how that distribution aligns with current and anticipated regimes. Some basins will experience greater changes in hydrologic variability regimes than others, and we specifically seek to identify country-basin combinations with greater exposure to variability and few or no treaty/RBO provisions to manage the transboundary impacts of that variability. To do this, we assessed all available international water treaties for specific treaty mechanisms, mapped the spatial distribution of these mechanisms and RBOs, and compared it to both the current variability regime and projections of future variability regimes driven by climate change. We then identified specific basins that may merit further study in light of their potential risk of future hydropolitical stress. By identifying these areas at the global scale, we can contribute to efforts aimed at anticipating future challenges in transboundary water management and suggesting specific measures to adapt existing or new water agreements to the effects of climate change. 2014-03-11T22:16:12Z 2014-03-11T22:16:12Z 2010-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/05/16584070/mapping-resilience-international-river-basins-future-climate-change-induced-water-variability-vol-2-2-appendices http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17257 English en_US Water Sector Board discussion paper series;no. 15 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ALLOCATING WATER
ARBITRATION
BASIN
BASIN PROJECT
BOUNDARIES
BOUNDARY
CANAL WATER
CLIMATE CHANGE
COAST
CONFLICT
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
CONVENTION
DAM
DIKES
DIVERSION OF WATER
DOMESTIC USE
DRY SEASON
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ENTRY INTO FORCE
EXPLOITATION
FLOOD CONTROL
FRONTIER
FRONTIERS
GROUNDWATER
HYDROELECTRIC POWER
HYDROPOWER
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
INTERNATIONAL TREATY
INTERNATIONAL WATERS
IRRIGATION
LAKE
LAKES
LEGAL STATUS
MANAGEMENT OF WATER
MASSACRE
MEETING
NEUTRALITY
PEACE
PEACE TREATY
PROTOCOL
PROTOCOLS
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
RATIFICATION
RECONSTRUCTION
RIPARIAN
RIPARIAN STATES
RIVER
RIVER BASIN
RIVER BASIN ORGANIZATION
RIVER BASINS
RIVER CHANNELS
RIVER DELTA
RIVERS
SOVEREIGNTY
SUB-BASIN
SUPPLY OF WATER
TEMPORARY DIVERSION
TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS
TREATIES
TREATY
TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP
TRIBUTARIES
TRIBUTARY
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER QUANTITY
WATER RESOURCES
WATER RIGHTS
WATER SUPPLY
WATER USE
WATER WITHDRAWAL
spellingShingle ALLOCATING WATER
ARBITRATION
BASIN
BASIN PROJECT
BOUNDARIES
BOUNDARY
CANAL WATER
CLIMATE CHANGE
COAST
CONFLICT
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
CONVENTION
DAM
DIKES
DIVERSION OF WATER
DOMESTIC USE
DRY SEASON
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ENTRY INTO FORCE
EXPLOITATION
FLOOD CONTROL
FRONTIER
FRONTIERS
GROUNDWATER
HYDROELECTRIC POWER
HYDROPOWER
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
INTERNATIONAL TREATY
INTERNATIONAL WATERS
IRRIGATION
LAKE
LAKES
LEGAL STATUS
MANAGEMENT OF WATER
MASSACRE
MEETING
NEUTRALITY
PEACE
PEACE TREATY
PROTOCOL
PROTOCOLS
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
RATIFICATION
RECONSTRUCTION
RIPARIAN
RIPARIAN STATES
RIVER
RIVER BASIN
RIVER BASIN ORGANIZATION
RIVER BASINS
RIVER CHANNELS
RIVER DELTA
RIVERS
SOVEREIGNTY
SUB-BASIN
SUPPLY OF WATER
TEMPORARY DIVERSION
TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS
TREATIES
TREATY
TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP
TRIBUTARIES
TRIBUTARY
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER QUANTITY
WATER RESOURCES
WATER RIGHTS
WATER SUPPLY
WATER USE
WATER WITHDRAWAL
De Stefano, Lucia
Duncan, James
Dinar, Shlomi
Stahl, Kerstin
Strzepek, Kenneth
Wolf, Aaron T.
Mapping the Resilience of International River Basins to Future Climate Change-Induced Water Variability, Volume 2. Appendices
relation Water Sector Board discussion paper series;no. 15
description The study presented in this report aims to increase our understanding of the global distribution of treaty and River Basin Organization (RBO) mechanisms that may confer resilience to variability in the hydrological regime and how that distribution aligns with current and anticipated regimes. Some basins will experience greater changes in hydrologic variability regimes than others, and we specifically seek to identify country-basin combinations with greater exposure to variability and few or no treaty/RBO provisions to manage the transboundary impacts of that variability. To do this, we assessed all available international water treaties for specific treaty mechanisms, mapped the spatial distribution of these mechanisms and RBOs, and compared it to both the current variability regime and projections of future variability regimes driven by climate change. We then identified specific basins that may merit further study in light of their potential risk of future hydropolitical stress. By identifying these areas at the global scale, we can contribute to efforts aimed at anticipating future challenges in transboundary water management and suggesting specific measures to adapt existing or new water agreements to the effects of climate change.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author De Stefano, Lucia
Duncan, James
Dinar, Shlomi
Stahl, Kerstin
Strzepek, Kenneth
Wolf, Aaron T.
author_facet De Stefano, Lucia
Duncan, James
Dinar, Shlomi
Stahl, Kerstin
Strzepek, Kenneth
Wolf, Aaron T.
author_sort De Stefano, Lucia
title Mapping the Resilience of International River Basins to Future Climate Change-Induced Water Variability, Volume 2. Appendices
title_short Mapping the Resilience of International River Basins to Future Climate Change-Induced Water Variability, Volume 2. Appendices
title_full Mapping the Resilience of International River Basins to Future Climate Change-Induced Water Variability, Volume 2. Appendices
title_fullStr Mapping the Resilience of International River Basins to Future Climate Change-Induced Water Variability, Volume 2. Appendices
title_full_unstemmed Mapping the Resilience of International River Basins to Future Climate Change-Induced Water Variability, Volume 2. Appendices
title_sort mapping the resilience of international river basins to future climate change-induced water variability, volume 2. appendices
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/05/16584070/mapping-resilience-international-river-basins-future-climate-change-induced-water-variability-vol-2-2-appendices
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17257
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