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Title

Indus River Basin : water security and sustainability / edited by Sadiq I. Khan, Thomas E. Adams III.

Publication

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier Inc., [2019]

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Additional Authors

• Khan, Sadiq Ibrahim
• Adams, Thomas E.

Description

xv, 469 pages : illustrations some color, color maps; 24 cm

Summary

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. As such, this book is relevant and important to all researchers interested in these issues.

Subject

• Water resources development > Indus River Watershed
• Water-supply > Indus River Watershed
• International law
• Water resources development
• Water-supply
• Wasserversorgung
• Indus River Watershed > International status
• Asia > Indus River Watershed
• Indus
• Industal

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Front Cover; Indus River Basin: Water Security and Sustainability; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I: Indus River Basin-Past, Present and Future; Introduction: Introduction of Indus River Basin: Water Security and Sustainability; 1. Indus River Basin; 2. A Historical Perspective of the IRB; 3. Synopsis of This Book; 3.1. Part I-Indus River Basin-Past, Present, and Future; 3.2. Part II-Climate-Ecohydrology of Indus River Basin; 3.3. Part III-Water and Food Security of Indus River Basin; 3.4. Part IV-Water Extremes in Indus River Basin
• 3.5. Part V-Water Management in Indus River BasinReferences; Further Reading; Chapter 1: Water Resources Modeling and Prospective Evaluation in the Indus River Under Present and Prospective Climate C ...; 1.1. Introduction; 1.1.1. Water Resources of the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalaya; 1.1.2. The Karakoram Anomaly; 1.2. Climate and Hydrology of the Upper Indus Basin; 1.3. Summary of Recent Studies; 1.3.1. Hydrological Regime of the UIB; 1.3.2. Recent Evidence of Climate Change and Impact on Water Resources in the UIB; 1.3.3. Projected Water Resources in the UIB During the 21st Century
• 1.4. A Guideline and Recent Key Study on Monitoring and Modeling High-Altitude Catchments1.4.1. A Method to Model High-Altitude Catchments; 1.4.2. A Paradigmatic Case Study, Shigar River of Gilgit-Baltistan; 1.4.2.1. The Shigar River; 1.4.2.2. Data for High-Altitude Catchment Modeling; 1.4.2.3. Glacio-Hydrological Modeling in High-Altitude Catchments; 1.4.2.4. Future Hydrology of the Shigar River; 1.4.2.5. Future Cryospheric Behavior in the Shigar River; 1.4.2.6. Potential for Increased Floods Within the UIB: The Case of Shigar River; 1.5. Discussion; 1.5.1. Hydrological Trends Within the UIB
• 1.5.2. The Need for Hydrological Monitoring in the UIB1.5.3. A Proposed Hydrometric Network for the CKNP; 1.6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Challenges in Forecasting Water Resources of the Indus River Basin: Lessons From the Analysis and Modeling of ...; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Lessons From Atmospheric Models; 2.2.1. Skillful Prediction; 2.2.2. Prediction Skill and Model Biases; 2.2.3. Spring Snow Over Eurasia; 2.2.4. The Effect of Resolution; 2.2.5. Multidecadal Timescales; 2.3. Lessons From Uncertainty; 2.3.1. The Complexity of Uncertainty
• 2.3.2. Uncertainty in Downscaled Output2.3.2.1. Assessing Uncertainty: A Case Study; 2.3.2.2. Investigating Seasonal Changes in the Case Study; 2.3.2.3. Is Cooling a Plausible Result?; 2.3.3. Heterogeneity in the Estimates; 2.3.4. Projections of Climate Extremes; 2.4. Lessons From Hydrological Projections; 2.4.1. Cascade of Uncertainty; 2.4.2. Overview of a Few Hydrological Studies; 2.4.2.1. Results from NORINDIA; 2.4.2.2. The Role of Glacier Melt; 2.5. Conclusion; Appendix A. The NORINDIA Project in a Nutshell; A. Case Study of the Beas River System

ISBN

• 9780128127827
• 0128127821
• 9780128127834 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019935441

OCLC

• on1040622591
• 1040622591
• SCSB-9338675

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library