Beschreibung:
Indus River Basin: Water Security and Sustainability provides a comprehensive treatment of water-related issues within the Indus River basin. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field, hence this book serves as a single, holistic source covering the whole region, not just a single country. Many of the challenges faced by this region are trans-boundary issues, especially within the context of climate change and water scarcity. Topics covered include extreme engineering and water resource management (one of the largest irrigation systems in dry to semi-desert conditions), social sciences (population dynamics linked to water resources) and political sciences.
Part I. Indus River Basin - Past, Present and Future 1. Indus River Basin: Water Security and Sustainability 2. Water resources modeling and prospective evaluation in the Indus River under present and prospective climate change 3. Challenges in forecasting water resources of the Indus River Basin: Lessons from the analysis and modeling of atmospheric and hydrological processes.4. Past and expected future glacier changes in the Upper Indus Basin