Managing Climate Risk in Water Supply Systems.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (166 pages)
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- About this Manual -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Introduction -- Climate and Water Resources Management -- Forecasting Climate and Inflows -- Using Climate Information to Manage Climate Risks and Opportunities -- Institutional Aspects of Managing Climate Risks and Opportunities -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2: Water resources analysis and management -- Introduction -- Section 1: Predicting water availability -- Section 2: Managing availability with storage -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 3: Climate variability and hydrologic predictability -- Introduction -- Section 1: Time scales of climate variability -- Section 2: Time scales and forecasts -- Section 3: ENSO and its teleconnections -- Section 4: Climate variability over longer time scales -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4: Climate predictability and forecasts -- Introduction -- Section 1: Basic hydrologic forecast models -- Section 2: Further climate-based approaches to seasonal hydroclimatic forecasting -- Section 3: On-line tools and data -- Concluding Remarks -- Reference -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5: Climate risk management in the water sector -- Introduction -- Section 1: Components of the climate risk management approach -- Section 2: Example application of the climate risk management approach -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 6: Techniques for using climate information in planning and operations -- Introduction -- Section 1: Reservoir management -- Section 2: Other techniques for managing climate risks and opportunities in water supply systems -- Section 3: Challenges to the use of forecasts by water managers -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Further Reading on Forecast Use. Further Reading on Economic Machanisms -- Appendix 1: Planning and decision making -- Introduction -- Section 1: Economic benefit analysis -- Section 2: Decision analysis -- Section 3: Simulation and optimization modeling -- Section 4: Multiobjective decision making -- References -- Appendix 2: Assessing water demand -- References.