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Guidance on water and adaptation to climate change.

"Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change aims to spur climate change adaptation that takes into account the transboundary dimension of water management. It is a novel and innovative product which focuses on the transboundary setting and illustrates the steps needed to develop an adap...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe, Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
Format: Government Document Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : United Nations, 2009.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change aims to spur climate change adaptation that takes into account the transboundary dimension of water management. It is a novel and innovative product which focuses on the transboundary setting and illustrates the steps needed to develop an adaptation strategy. Based on the concept of integrated water resources management, Guidance provides advice to decision makers and water managers on how to assess impacts of climate change on water quantity and quality, how to perform risk assessment, including health risk assessment, how to gauge vulnerability, and how to design and implement appropriate adaptation strategies"--Page 4 of cover
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 127 pages) : color illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-127).
ISBN:9789210543422
9210543424