Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from Better Management of Rivers (Climate and Development Series)

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Author(s): Jamie Pittock
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 96

Cover
......Page 1
Contents......Page 2
Aims and Scope......Page 3
2. Case studies......Page 4
3. Key lessons......Page 5
References......Page 6
1. Introduction......Page 7
2. Methods......Page 9
3. Results......Page 10
4. Discussion......Page 12
5. Conclusions......Page 20
References......Page 21
Annex: Analytical framework......Page 22
1. Introduction......Page 25
3. Results......Page 28
4. Discussion......Page 29
5. Conclusions......Page 31
References......Page 32
1. Introduction......Page 33
2. Great Ruaha River catchment and the WWF-Ruaha Water Programme......Page 34
3. Methods......Page 36
4. Results......Page 37
5. Discussion......Page 38
References......Page 40
1. Introduction......Page 42
2. Traditional water tanks in the Maner sub-basin......Page 43
3. Restoration of water storage tanks......Page 44
4. Planning for climate change in the Maner sub-basin......Page 48
5. Discussion......Page 50
6. Conclusions......Page 51
References......Page 52
1. Introduction......Page 54
4. Designing appropriate responses......Page 56
5. Programme results and outcomes......Page 57
6. Discussion......Page 59
7. Conclusions......Page 60
References......Page 61
1. Introduction......Page 62
2. Water availability and use......Page 63
4. Results......Page 65
5. Discussion......Page 69
6. Conclusions......Page 71
References......Page 72
1. Introduction......Page 74
2. Assessment......Page 76
3. Results......Page 77
4. Discussion......Page 78
References......Page 80
1. Introduction......Page 82
2. Climate change adaptation as a natural process......Page 83
3. Moving beyond stationarity towards adaptive freshwater management......Page 85
4. Understanding and constraining climate uncertainty......Page 86
5. From impacts thinking to adaptation thinking......Page 87
6. Conclusions: Turning climate uncertainty into an advantage......Page 89
References......Page 90