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| Author(s): | T. Wagener et al. (Eds) |
| Publisher: | IAHS |
| ISBN: | 1901502082 |
| Format: | softback |
| 356pp | |
| Price: | £58.50 |
| Review Date: | 14 June 2005 |
| Review: | The effects of natural climate variability and the results of vegetation loss due to human activity are particularly acute in less developed countries where flood and drought often lead to loss of life and livelihood. This is the first part of the proceedings of the symposium on regional hydrological impacts of climatic variability and change with an emphasis on less-developed countries, held in Brazil in April 2005 (the second part covers hydroclimatic variability). The volume contains 37 papers and gives an assessment of the potential hydrological impacts of future climate change, including the role of natural variability and anthropogenic climate change in different regions of South America and Asia, as well as North America, Europe, Africa and Oceania. It also looks at hydroclimatically relevant decision-making, risk assessment and mitigation and adaptation strategies using uncertain model predictions of water resources and hydrological extremes. |