Adapting to climate change impacts on water resources in England—An assessment of draft Water Resources Management Plans

Charlton, Matthew; Arnell, Nigel W.

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.07.012

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“…Climate change adaptation has received growing attention as an important response strategy and management option to reduce vulnerability and enhance resilience in different sectors, including water resources (Connell-Buck et al 2011;Charlton and Arnell 2011;Sowers et al 2011;Hanak and Lund 2012;Iglesias et al 2013), agriculture (Reidsma et al 2010;Olesen et al 2011;Klein et al 2013), energy (Madani and Lund 2010;Guegan et al 2012;Jamali et al 2013;Madani et al 2014) and environment (Palmer et al 2009;Cross et al 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

System Dynamics Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Water Resources Management in Central Iran

Gohari

Mirchi

Madani

2017

Water Resour Manage

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The Zayandeh-Rud River basin, Iran, is projected to face spatiotemporally heterogeneous temperature increase and precipitation reduction that will decrease water supply by mid-century. With projected increase (0.70-1.03°C) in spring temperature and reduction (6-55%) in winter precipitation, the upper Zayandeh-Rud sub-basin, the main source of renewable water supply, will likely become warmer and drier. In the lower sub-basin, 1.1-1.5°C increase in temperature and 11-31% decrease in annual precipitation are likely. A system dynamics model was used to analyze adaptation strategies taking into account feedbacks between water resources development and biophysical and socioeconomic sub-systems. Results suggest that infrastructural improvements, rigorous water demand management (e.g., replacing high water demand crops such as rice, corn, and alfalfa), and ecosystem-based regulatory prioritization, complemented by supply augmentation can temporarily alleviate water stress in a basin that is essentially governed by the Limits to Growth archetype.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

System Dynamics Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Water Resources Management in Central Iran

Gohari

Mirchi

Madani

2017

Water Resour Manage

112

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“…The most dominant adaptation focus within which systematic reviews have penetrated has been reviewing lessons from, and trends in, adaptation governance (Hardee and Mutunga 2010;Berrang-Ford et al 2011;Ford et al 2011;Pearce et al 2011;Ford et al 2012a, b;Larsen et al 2012;Murtinho and Hayes 2012;Biesbroek et al 2013;Kamau and Mwaura 2013;Vink et al 2013). Systematic reviews have not been restricted to this focus, however, with articles considering tourism (Kajan and Saarinen 2013), business management (Linnenluecke et al 2013), transport (Eisenack et al 2012), urban planning (Bowler et al 2010), human displacement (McLeman 2011;McDowell 2013), human management of ecosystem services (Heller and Zavaleta 2009;Charlton and Arnell 2011;Kolstrom et al 2011;Shepard et al 2011), and case studies of generalized adaptation research (Murtinho and Hayes 2012;Ford et al 2012a, b).…”

Section: Systematic Review For Adaptation Research: Challenges and Comentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In some cases, authors applying systematic review approaches have reported formal descriptions of review methods, yet not labeled or indexed their work as 'systematic' (Hardee and Mutunga 2010;Charlton and Arnell 2011;Kolstrom et al 2011;Hosking and Campbell-Lendrum 2012;Larsen et al 2012;Murtinho and Hayes 2012;Cheng and Berry 2013;Kamau and Mwaura 2013;McDowell 2013). In many more cases, methods are not explicitly reported at all, and it is presumed that authors have applied formal or informal thematic content analysis to extract key themes, either based on latent or manifest content analysis (Baxter and Eyles 1997).…”

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Systematic review approaches for climate change adaptation research

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Recent controversy has led to calls for increased standardization and transparency in the methods used to synthesize climate change research. Though these debates have focused largely on the biophysical dimensions of climate change, human dimensions research is equally in need of improved methodological approaches for research synthesis. Systematic review approaches, and more recently realist review methods, have been used within the health sciences for decades to guide research synthesis. Despite this, penetration of these approaches into the social and environmental sciences has been limited. Here, we present an analysis of approaches for systematic review and research synthesis and examine their applicability in an adaptation context. Customized review frameworks informed by systematic approaches to research synthesis provide a conceptually appropriate and practical opportunity for increasing methodological transparency and rigor in synthesizing and tracking adaptation research. This review highlights innovative applications of systematic approaches, with a focus on the unique challenges of integrating multiple data sources and formats in reviewing climate change adaptation policy and practice. We present guidelines, key considerations, and recommendations for systematic review in the social sciences in general and adaptation research in particular. We conclude by calling for increased conceptual and methodological development of systematic review approaches to address the methodological challenges of synthesizing and tracking adaptation to climate change.

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“…The water supply industry in England responded to the pressures they faced as a result of predictions that climate change will decrease water availability [17]. They released their draft water resources management plans (dWRMP) in 2008, following guidelines set by Environment Agency.…”

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Adaptation of Water Resources Management to Changing Climate: The Role of Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves

Yousef¹,

Ouarda²

2015

IJESD

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Abstract-Climate change influences the intensity and frequency of precipitation events, causing the need for new strategies in water resources management. This paper presents the role of hydrology in helping to establish these new strategies, focusing specifically on rainfall intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves. A methodology is proposed for developing IDF curves using covariates of climate indices. A case study is presented for the station of Riviere Heva in Quebec, Canada. The IDF models incorporating climate indices exhibit significant improvements in terms of goodness of fit over the traditional models, forming the conclusion that design standards for water-related structures must be updated to incorporate climate change.

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Adapting to climate change impacts on water resources in England—An assessment of draft Water Resources Management Plans

Cited by 91 publications

References 20 publications

System Dynamics Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Water Resources Management in Central Iran

System Dynamics Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Water Resources Management in Central Iran

Systematic review approaches for climate change adaptation research

Adaptation of Water Resources Management to Changing Climate: The Role of Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves

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