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Climate risk and sustainable water management /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Other Authors: Tang, Qiuhong (Editor), Leng, Guoyong (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Watershed management.
Floods > Risk assessment.
Droughts > Risk assessment.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title page
  • Copyright information
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part I Water-Related Risks under Climate Change
  • 1 Pluvial, Fluvial and Coastal Flood Risks and Sustainable Flood Management in the Pearl River Delta under Climate Change
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Localized Precipitation Extremes and Pluvial Flood Risks in the PRD under Climate Change: Observations and Projections
  • 1.2.1 Past Observations and Analyses
  • 1.2.2 Future Projections
  • 1.3 Upstream River Flow and Fluvial Flood Risks in the PRD under Climate Change: Observations and Projections
  • 1.3.1 Past Observations and Analyses
  • 1.3.2 Future Projections
  • 1.4 Coastal Flood Hazards in the PRD under Climate Change: Observations and Projections
  • 1.4.1 Past Observations and Analyses
  • 1.4.2 Future Projections
  • 1.5 Urbanization and Sustainable Flood Management in the PRD
  • 1.5.1 Impacts of Urbanization on Flood Risks
  • 1.5.2 Sustainable Flood Management
  • 1.6 Summary
  • References
  • 2 Flooding Risk in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin under Global Change
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The Lancang-Mekong River Basin
  • 2.3 Data and Methods
  • 2.3.1 Data
  • 2.3.2 SPI-3
  • 2.3.3 VIC Model
  • 2.3.4 Definition of the Flood Events
  • 2.4 Results
  • 2.4.1 Changes of SPI-3
  • 2.4.2 VIC Model in the LMRB
  • 2.4.3 Impact of Climate Change on Streamflow
  • 2.4.4 Impact of Climate Change on Flood Events
  • 2.5 Discussion
  • 2.6 Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 3 Spatial Drought Patterns in East Africa
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Materials and Methods
  • 3.2.1 Research Area
  • 3.2.2 Drought Index, Dataset and Study Period
  • 3.2.3 Spatial Drought Analysis Procedures
  • 3.2.3.1 Drought Characterization
  • 3.2.3.2 Drought Severity Level Detection
  • 3.3 Results and Discussion
  • 3.3.1 Long-Term Analysis of Precipitation
  • 3.3.2 Drought Characterization
  • 3.3.2.1 Spatial Drought Duration
  • 3.3.2.2 Spatial Drought Frequency
  • 3.3.2.3 Spatial Drought Intensity
  • 3.3.3 Long-Term Spatial Trends
  • 3.3.4 Historical Severe Drought Events
  • 3.3.4.1 The 1973-1974 Drought
  • 3.3.4.2 The 1984-1985 Drought
  • 3.3.4.3 The 2010-2011 Drought
  • 3.3.5 Impacts of the Drought Events
  • 3.4 Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 Assessment of Global Water Erosion Vulnerability under Climate Change
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Materials and Methods
  • 4.2.1 RUSLE Model
  • 4.2.1.1 Rainfall Erosivity Factor (R)
  • 4.2.1.2 Soil Erodibility Factor (K)
  • 4.2.1.3 The Slope Length and Steepness Factor (LS)
  • 4.2.1.4 The Land Cover and Management Factor (C)
  • 4.2.2 Data Analyses
  • 4.2.2.1 Spatial Analyses
  • 4.2.2.2 Ordinary Least Squares Linear Regression
  • 4.3 Results
  • 4.3.1 Model Validation
  • 4.3.2 Spatial Characteristics of Global Water Erosion Vulnerability