Environmental flow requirements and impacts of climate change-induced river flow changes on ecology of the Indus Delta, Pakistan

Vulnerability of existing and planned coal-fired power plants in Developing Asia to changes in climate and water resources

“…† For Q env,t , we compared three environmental flow methods that have been previously applied at large scale: the annual flow quantiles method (Q 90 _Q 50 ), the variable monthly flow method (VMF), and the shifted flow-duration-curve method (ShiftFDC). 60,66,67 We selected the ShiftFDC method with environmental management class ''C'' because it provides medium-level estimates for environmental flow among the three environmental flow methods. Sensitivity analysis on the environmental flow methods are in Section S5 of the ESI.…”

Environmental flow assessment for rivers feeding a coastal wetland complex in the Pacific coast of northwest Mexico

“…Although plethora of information exists about the use of hydrology‐based methods for environmental flow (Kashaigili et al ., ; Karimi and Eslamian, ; Yang et al ., ; Salik et al ., ), many of them rely on fixed monthly flows that do not reflect the changes in intra‐ and inter‐annual flows in the different meteorological year types. For that reason, some advantages are perceived measuring the environmental flow with the present approach using some indices such as magnitude, timing and frequency of floods, duration of low flows and rates of flow change as well as different years condition.…”

Climate-water governance: a systematic analysis of the water sector resilience and adaptation to combat climate change in Pakistan

“…Almost 14% (N ¼ 13) of studies focussed on the river basin and watershed management. Out of these 13 reviewed articles, 12 publications (Archer et al, 2010;Qureshi, 2011;Laghari et al, 2012;Rasul et al, 2012;Zhu et al, 2013;Condon et al, 2014;Yang et al, 2014;Karki et al 2011;Salik et al, 2016;Amin et al, 2018;Asghar et al, 2019;Wada et al, 2019) examined the IRBS and its salient features for improving climate-water governance, whereas one article (Vaidya, 2015) analysed the HKKH, including the IRBS and nine other river basins. In general, most of these studies highlighted the significance of effective governance on a river basin or watershed scale to build resilience and embrace adaptation measures to minimise the impacts of climate change on the water sector in Pakistan.…”

“…Annually, ecological degradation causes Pakistan approximately two billion US dollars of economic loss (Young et al, 2019). This financial loss is mainly attributed to the significant decline in biodiversity, estuarine fish stocks, coastal mangrove forests, and freshwater supplies (Salik et al, 2016). Unfortunately, the country is facing enormous damage due to the rapid decline of water-dependent ecosystems, which are critical for ensuring the sustainability of water resources.…”