Characterisation of the Sensitivity of Water Resources Systems to Climate Change

A. Chavez-Jimenez (), B. Lama, L. Garrote, F. Martin-Carrasco, A. Sordo-Ward and L. Mediero

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2013, vol. 27, issue 12, 4237-4258

Abstract: This paper offers a methodology that enables characterisation of the behaviour of water resources systems under the impact of climate change through assessment of sensitivity patterns in a wide range of hydrologic variations produced by such change. Analysis is based on the application of two indicators that, in turn, draw on the results of a system optimisation model. Under this methodology the potential sensitivity of water resources systems in the cases of different climate projections are visualised, allowing those systems that require special attention in their adaptation to climate change to be identified. The methodology is applied to three basins located in Spain: Guadalquivir, Ebro and the Spanish part of the international basin Duero. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

Keywords: Climate change; Water scarcity; Scarcity indices; Water resources systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0404-2

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