Contributors .................................................. vii
Preface ........................................................ ix
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................. 1
Fai Fung, Ana Lopez and Mark New
2 WEATHER AND CLIMATE .......................................... 4
Dáithí A. Stone and Reto Knutti
3 REGIONAL CLIMATE DOWNSCALING ................................ 34
Robert L. Wilby and Hayley J. Fowler
4 WATER FOR PEOPLE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER AVAILABILITY ..... 86
Glenn Watts
5 EMERGING APPROACHES TO CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT ............. 128
Ana Lopez, Robert L. Wilby, Fai Fung and Mark New
6 THE CASE STUDIES ........................................... 136
6.1 Introduction .......................................... 136
6.2 Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the
Quarai River Basin .................................... 136
Rodrigo Paiva, Walter Collischonn and Edith Beatriz
Schettini
6.3 Impact of Climate Change on Hydropower: Ariege,
France ................................................ 148
Jean-Philippe Vidal and Frédéric Hendrickx
6.4 A Case Study of Water Resource Management in the
South West of England ................................. 161
Ana Lopez
Index ......................................................... 183
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