Analysis and Modelling of Water Supply and Demand Under Climate Change, Land Use Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
The Water Resource Challenge and Adaptation Measures for Urumqi Region, Northwest China
Seiten
2016
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1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-37647-9 (ISBN)
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-37647-9 (ISBN)
This thorough analysis of the hydrological system in one of the fastest-developing regions of Central Asia combines hydrological and demographic data to assess the future water needs of a growing population, as well as the potential obstacles to their supply.
Located in a narrow grassland corridor between the semi-desert and a mountain range in Northwest China, the research area Urumqi Region is despite its semi-arid climate in a relatively favourable hydrological situation. The nearby mountains provide water for settlements and agriculture, making human development possible in the first place. Due to the development of agriculture, population and economy during the last sixty years and the increasing water consumption, a demand- and population-driven water scarcity exists today and is expected to aggravate. At the same time, the effects of climate change and land use transformations on the hydrological system and the water availability are uncertain. This study evaluates the recent and future situation by combining a hydrological water balance model for the simulation of the water supply based on scenarios of climate and land use change with a socio-economic model for projecting the future water demand including predicted growth of population and economy.
Located in a narrow grassland corridor between the semi-desert and a mountain range in Northwest China, the research area Urumqi Region is despite its semi-arid climate in a relatively favourable hydrological situation. The nearby mountains provide water for settlements and agriculture, making human development possible in the first place. Due to the development of agriculture, population and economy during the last sixty years and the increasing water consumption, a demand- and population-driven water scarcity exists today and is expected to aggravate. At the same time, the effects of climate change and land use transformations on the hydrological system and the water availability are uncertain. This study evaluates the recent and future situation by combining a hydrological water balance model for the simulation of the water supply based on scenarios of climate and land use change with a socio-economic model for projecting the future water demand including predicted growth of population and economy.
Introduction.- Research area.- Water balance model.- Scenarios.- Simulation results.- Projection of water consumption.- Discussion.- Outlook.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.09.2016 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Springer Theses |
| Zusatzinfo | XX, 243 p. 80 illus., 51 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie | |
| Schlagworte | climate change • Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts • Climate change impacts • Earth and Environmental Science • Hydrological modelling • Hydrology and the hydrosphere • Hydrology/Water Resources • Northwest China • physical geography • Physical geography and topography • Socio-econorretric Modelling • water resources • Water Supply and Demand |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-37647-0 / 3319376470 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-37647-9 / 9783319376479 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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