Analysis of climate change trend and possible impacts in the Upper Brahmaputra River Basin – the BRAHMATWINN Project Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:4209450, abstract = {The overall objective of the study is to enhance capacity to carry out harmonized integrated water resources management (IWRM). For headwater river systems of alpine mountain massifs, impacts from climate change will be modelled and appropriate mitigation measures will be developed in twinning Danube and Upper Brahmaputra River Basins (UBRB). The focus of the research study emphasize on system responses on climate change like cryogenic phenomena as glacier retreat, permafrost thawing and avalanches; the implications for water supply, ecosystems, and hazards; and how these threaten regional populations. Therefore, the relevant knowledge needs to be enhanced concerning key policy areas and strategies to improve the adaptive capacities of communities. The present state is evaluated through a hierarchical approach in four levels: • Assessment and holistic analysis of the natural environment to derive the interactive dynamics of the system components. • Assessment of the system's human dimension accounting for water related issues of socio-economic vulnerability to environmental stress in respect to water allocation and demand, and considering the political structures and policies pertaining to the basins. • Analysis of present, traditional and conceptual IWRM practices and its potential for adaptation to cope with impacts of changing flow regimes. • The development of scenarios relies on downscaling predictions from Global Circulation Models to a basin scale coupled with a DPSIR (Driving forces, Pressures, States, Impacts and Responses) approach. The spatial concept in both mapping the vulnerability and building adaptive IWRM scenarios is the regionalization of Response Units.}, author = {Bongartz, K. and Fl\"{u}gel, W. A. and Pechst\"{a}dt, J. and Bartosch, A. and Eriksson, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {4209450}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://wwc2008.msem.univ-montp2.fr/resource/authors/abs435_article.pdf}, journal = {IWRA 13th World Water Congress}, keywords = {1brahmatwinn, 2poster, change, climate, ecosystems, glacier, global, iwrm, melt, mountain, vulnerability}, month = {September}, posted-at = {2009-03-23 14:10:46}, priority = {2}, title = {Analysis of climate change trend and possible impacts in the Upper Brahmaputra River Basin – the BRAHMATWINN Project}, url = {http://wwc2008.msem.univ-montp2.fr/resource/authors/abs435_article.pdf}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:4209450 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4209450 N2 - The overall objective of the study is to enhance capacity to carry out harmonized integrated water resources management (IWRM). For headwater river systems of alpine mountain massifs, impacts from climate change will be modelled and appropriate mitigation measures will be developed in twinning Danube and Upper Brahmaputra River Basins (UBRB). The focus of the research study emphasize on system responses on climate change like cryogenic phenomena as glacier retreat, permafrost thawing and avalanches; the implications for water supply, ecosystems, and hazards; and how these threaten regional populations. Therefore, the relevant knowledge needs to be enhanced concerning key policy areas and strategies to improve the adaptive capacities of communities. The present state is evaluated through a hierarchical approach in four levels: • Assessment and holistic analysis of the natural environment to derive the interactive dynamics of the system components. • Assessment of the system’s human dimension accounting for water related issues of socio-economic vulnerability to environmental stress in respect to water allocation and demand, and considering the political structures and policies pertaining to the basins. • Analysis of present, traditional and conceptual IWRM practices and its potential for adaptation to cope with impacts of changing flow regimes. • The development of scenarios relies on downscaling predictions from Global Circulation Models to a basin scale coupled with a DPSIR (Driving forces, Pressures, States, Impacts and Responses) approach. The spatial concept in both mapping the vulnerability and building adaptive IWRM scenarios is the regionalization of Response Units. JF - IWRA 13th World Water Congress TI - Analysis of climate change trend and possible impacts in the Upper Brahmaputra River Basin – the BRAHMATWINN Project KW - 1brahmatwinn KW - 2poster KW - change KW - climate KW - ecosystems KW - glacier KW - global KW - iwrm KW - melt KW - mountain KW - vulnerability AU - Bongartz, K AU - Flügel, WA AU - Pechstädt, J AU - Bartosch, A AU - Eriksson, M PY - 2008/09// UR - http://wwc2008.msem.univ-montp2.fr/resource/authors/abs435_article.pdf ER -