Increasing Resilience to Climate Variability and Change The Roles of Infrastructure and Governance in the Context of Adaptation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tortajada, Cecilia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Water Resources Development and Management,
• Subjects: Environment.; Hydrology.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Sustainable development.; Environmental Management.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Sustainable Development.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Climate Change Management and Policy.

This book highlights the role that both infrastructure and governance play in the context of resilience and adaptation to climate variability and change. Eleven case studies analyze in-depth impacts of extreme events in projects, basins and regions in the Arid Americas (Unites States and Mexico), Au...