Future Projections of Water Scarcity in the Danube River Basin Due to Land Use, Water Demand and Climate Change

Water access, water scarcity, and climate change.

This article investigates the approaches of the various discourses operating in the water sector and how they address the issues of scarcity and equitable access under projected climate change impacts. Little synergy exists between the different approaches dealing with these issues. Whilst being a sustainable development and water resources management issue, a holistic view of access, scarcity ...

A Dynamic Assessment of Water Scarcity Risk and Climate Change Adaptation in the Lower Brahmaputra River Basin

For assessing vulnerability and risk of water resources system and defining climate change adaptation policies and measures, the integrated contribution of several disciplines is required, enabling a comprehensive, but also complex, dynamic description of present state and future trends. But, the notions of vulnerability and risk and the approaches for their assessment, have found different and...

Growing sensitivity of maize to water scarcity under climate change

Climate change can reduce crop yields and thereby threaten food security. The current measures used to adapt to climate change involve avoiding crops yield decrease, however, the limitations of such measures due to water and other resources scarcity have not been well understood. Here, we quantify how the sensitivity of maize to water availability has increased because of the shift toward longe...

Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in Agriculture 7 Forests , Land Use Change , and Water

A forest is a biotic community predominated by trees and woody vegetation that are signifi cantly taller, greater, thicker, and deeper than other vegetation types and generally covers a large area (Chang, 2003). Forests cover approximately 26.2% of the world, with 45.7% of Latin America and the Caribbean being covered, 35% of East Asia and the Pacifi c, and 35% of the European Union. Canada and...

Assessment of impacts of future climate change on water resources of the Hulu Langat basin using the swat model