Indus River Basin: Water Security and Sustainability

ISBN-13: 9780128127827 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 485 str.

Thomas E. Adams; Sadiq I. Khan

Spis treści

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

Part II. Climate-Eco-Hydrology of Indus River Basin 5. Probabilistic precipitation analysis in the Central Indus River basin 6. Glaciers in the Indus River Basin 7. A Review on the Projected Changes in Climate over the Indus Basin 8. A hydrological perspective on interpretation of available climate projections for the Upper Indus Basin

Part III. Water and Food Security of Indus river basin 9. Transboundary Indus River Basin: Potential Threats To Its Integrity 10. Indo-Ganges River Basin Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) and irrigated area mapping 11. Increasing water productivity in the Agriculture sector 12. Hydrological cycle over Indus basin at monsoon margins: present and future

Part IV. Water Extremes in Indus River Basin 13. Water Resources Forecasting within the Indus River Basin: a call for comprehensive modeling 14. Review of hydrometeorological monitoring and forecasting system for floods in the Indus Basin in Pakistan. 15. Flood monitoring system for Indus River basin using distributed hydrologic modeling framework. 16. Annual Flood Monitoring of 2010 Indus River Flood using Synchronized Floodwater Index

Part V. Water Management in Indus river basin 17. Water management in the Indus basin in Pakistan: challenges and opportunities 18. Reimagining the planning of irrigation and agriculture in the Indus river basin, Punjab, Pakistan 19. Developing Groundwater Hotspots: An Emerging Challenge for Integrated Water Resources Management in Indus Basin 20. Resource linkages for water infrastructure planning