Vulnerability of the Hydraulic Resources of the River Basin of the San Juan-Brave River with the Global Climatic Change
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers
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All the countries are exposed the devastating consequences of the climatic change. For such reason it is necessary to implement political that not only they help to resist the phenomenon but that also help to adapt to the new climatic conditions and to diminish the vulnerability to extreme the climatic events such as droughts, floods, changes in precipitation regimes, among others. This global problem has local solutions. For the analysis and effects of this one phenomenon a region of the barren zone has been selected to the North of our country that is the river basin of the Bravo river, in where the pressures become more evident on the resource water due to different factors on the one hand from their shortage and on the other hand from the demand by the use of the water, situations that difficult the diverse uses of the water. Specifically the river basin of the San Juan-Brave River was studied, that is a sub river basin of the river basin of the Bravo River.
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© 2009 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Basins
- Bodies of water (by type)
- Buildings
- Climate change
- Climates
- Environmental engineering
- High-rise buildings
- Hydraulic engineering
- Hydraulics
- River engineering
- Rivers and streams
- Structural engineering
- Structures (by type)
- Water and water resources
- Water demand
- Water management
- Water policy
- Water resources
- Water shortage
- Water supply
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