Role of Hydrology in Water Resources Planning And

ROLE of HYDROLOGY in WATER RESOURCES PLANNING and MANAGEMENT in the PHILIPPINES

Titles you can't find anywhere else

Try Scribd FREE for 30 days to access over 125 million titles without ads or interruptions! Start Free Trial Cancel Anytime.





Objectives: To define problems on watershed and mitigation in the Philippines. To cite current





Objectives: To define defin e the role of Hydrology in water resources planning and management in the Philippines. To cite and identify the





Over the past decade, and increasingly, there have been many studies into climate change effects on hydrology and water resources and some undertaken on behalf of water management agencies. There are still many gaps and unknowns, however. The goal of this chapter assesses current





Estimating the Impacts of Climate Change The impacts of climate change on hydrology usually are estimated by defining scenarios for changes in climatic inputs to a hydrological hydrological model from the output of general general circulation models. The three key developments here are constructing scenarios that are suitable for hydrological hydrological impact assessments,





Impacts on Water Resources and Hazards The preceding sections have assessed the potential effect of climate change on river flows, groundwater recharge and other biophysical components of the water resource base, and demands for that resource. The consequences, or impacts, of such changes on risk or resource reliability depend not only on







Societal characteristics that maximize susceptibility to climate change include: 1. Poverty and low income levels, which prevent long-term





5. Lack of appropriate, empowered institutions. 6. Absence of appropriate land-use planning.





9. Conservative Conservative attitudes toward risk [unwillingness [unwillingness to live





Mitigation – an alleviation; a

Role of Hydrology in Water Resources Planning And

Recommend Documents