By affecting evapotranspiration and influencing how water is routed and stored in a basin, forests, wetlands and floodplains play a crucial role in the hydrological cycle. Although they are widely attributed a major role in regulating flows (i.e., both attenuating floods and maintaining flow duri...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Xueliang Cai
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Evaluating the flow regulating functions of natural ecosystems in the Zambezi River Basin]
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Evaluating the flow regulating functions of natural ecosystems in the Zambezi River Basin
Rainfall variability is a key constraint to agricultural production and economic growth in many developing countries. This is likely to be exacerbated in many places as rainfall variability is amplified (even where the total amount of rain increases) as a result of climate change. Changes in rain...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Water storage in an era of climate change: addressing the challenge of increasing rainfall variability. Blue paper]
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Water storage in an era of climate change: addressing the challenge of increasing rainfall variability. Blue paper
The concept of ‘Underground Taming of Floods for Irrigation’ (UTFI) is introduced as an approach for co-managing floods and droughts at the river basin scale. UTFI involves strategic recharge of aquifers upstream during periods of high flow, thereby preventing local and downstream flooding, and s...
Pavelic, Paul
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Brindha, Karthikeyan
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Amarnath, Giriraj
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Gangopadhyay, Prasun K.
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Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh
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Mishra, Atmaram
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Hanjra, Munir A.
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Reddy, R.V.
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Mishra, V.K.
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Verma, C.L.
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Kant, L.
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[Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin]
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Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin
The concept of ‘Underground Taming of Floods for Irrigation’ (UTFI) is introduced as an approach for co-managing floods and droughts at the river basin scale. UTFI involves strategic recharge of aquifers upstream during periods of high flow, thereby preventing local and downstream flooding, and s...
Pavelic, Paul
,
Brindha, Karthikeyan
,
Amarnath, Giriraj
,
Eriyagama, Nishadi
,
Muthuwatta, Lal P.
,
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
,
Gangopadhyay, Prasun K.
,
Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh
,
Mishra, Atmaram
,
Sharma, Bharat R.
,
Hanjra, Munir A.
,
Reddy, R.V.
,
Mishra, V.K.
,
Verma, C.L.
,
Kant, L.
,
[Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin]
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Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin
A review of global water demand projections (WDPs) show substantial overpredictions or under-predictions. The pre-1990 WDPs, with population as the main driver of change, overpredicted current water use by 20 to 130%. The post-1990 WDPs, with sophisticated modeling frameworks, show substantial un...
Although the protection of the aquatic environment is high on the world water resources agenda, most developing countries still lack the technical and institutional capacity to establish environmental water allocation practices and policies. The existing methods of assessment of environmental wat...
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Shilpakar, R.L.
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[Planning for environmental water allocations: an example of hydrology-based assessment in the east Rapti River, Nepal]
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Planning for environmental water allocations: an example of hydrology-based assessment in the east Rapti River, Nepal
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Revenga, Carmen
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Doll, P.
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[Taking into account environmental water requirements in global-scale water resources assessments]
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Taking into account environmental water requirements in global-scale water resources assessments
The report evaluates the impacts of climate change on the hydrological regime and water resources of the Blue Nile River Basin in Ethiopia. It starts from the construction of the climate change scenarios based on the outcomes of several general circulation models (GCMs), uses a simple hydrologica...
Kim, U.
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Kaluarachchi, Jagath J.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia]
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Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia
By affecting transpiration and evaporation and influencing how water is routed and stored in a basin, forests, wetlands and floodplains play a crucial role in the hydrological cycle. Although they are widely attributed a major role in regulating flows (i.e. both attenuating floods and maintaining...
McCartney, Matthew P.
,
Xueliang Cai
,
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
,
Nhamo, Luxon
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[Application of a quantitative method to evaluate flow regulating functions of ecosystems in the Zambezi Basin. Project report submitted to UNEP under the SADC project "Dam Synchronization and Flood Releases in the Zambezi River Basin".]
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Application of a quantitative method to evaluate flow regulating functions of ecosystems in the Zambezi Basin. Project report submitted to UNEP under the SADC project "Dam Synchronization and Flood Releases in the Zambezi River Basin".
Water infrastructure is a cornerstone of economic development. In the Zambezi River Basin huge investments have been made in dams for hydropower, irrigation, water supply and flood control. Ecosystem functions are central to outcomes from dams. Not only does the performance of dams depend on ecos...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Xueliang Cai
,
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Review of ecosystem flow regulating functions in the Zambezi Basin. Project report submitted to UNEP under the SADC project "Dam Synchronization and Flood Releases in the Zambezi River Basin".]
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Review of ecosystem flow regulating functions in the Zambezi Basin. Project report submitted to UNEP under the SADC project "Dam Synchronization and Flood Releases in the Zambezi River Basin".