Climate change impacts on the water resources in the Danube River Basin and possibilities to adapt - the way to an adaptation strategy and its update

Stolz Roswitha and Prasch Monika and Weber Michael and Koch Franziska and Weidinger Ruth and Ebner Manuel and Mauser Wolfram: Climate change impacts on the water resources in the Danube River Basin and possibilities to adapt - the way to an adaptation strategy and its update. In: Journal of environmental geography, (11) 3-4. pp. 13-24. (2018)

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Abstract

As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported in 2013, climate change will have significant impacts on all water sectors. Since water is essential for live, culture, economy and ecosystems, climate change adaptation is crucial. Therefore, a legal and political framework was established by the commissions of the European Union, the United Nations and on national levels. For the Danube River Basin (DRB), the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River got the mandate to develop an adaptation strategy in 2012 and to update this strategy in 2018. The natural science basis on which the adaptation strategy and its update are based on are two studies, conducted in 2011/2012 and updated and revised in 2017/18. Numerous documents from actual research and development projects and studies dealing with climate change and its impacts on water related issues were analysed in detail and the results summarised. It is agreed that temperature will increase basin-wide. The precipitation trend shows a strong northwest-southeast gradient and significant changes in seasonality. Runoff patterns will change and extreme weather events will intensify. However, the magnitude of the results shows a strong spatial variability due to the heterogeneity of the DRB., It is assessed that these changes will have mostly negative impacts on all water related sectors. Based on the scientific findings an approach for an improved basin-wide strategy on adaptation to climate change is developed. It includes guiding principles and five categories of adaptation measures targeting different objectives.

Item Type:	Article
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of environmental geography
Date:	2018
Volume:	11
Number:	3-4
ISSN:	2060-467X
Page Range:	pp. 13-24
Language:	English
Place of Publication:	Szeged
Related URLs:	http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/56873/
DOI:	10.2478/jengeo-2018-0009
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Éghajlati változás, Vízgazdálkodás, Duna
Additional Information:	Bibliogr. : p. 23-24. ; ill. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven
Subjects:	01. Natural sciences 01. Natural sciences > 01.05. Earth and related environmental sciences
Date Deposited:	2019. Jan. 29. 14:34
Last Modified:	2022. Jun. 28. 09:16
URI:	http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/56912

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