Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management Under Climate Change

Elpida Kolokytha, Associate Professor, PhD, Division of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, GreeceSatoru Oishi, Professor, PhD, Research Center for Urban Safety and Security, Kobe University, 1-1, Rokko-dai, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, JapanRamesh Teegavarapu, Associate Professor, PhD, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, EW217, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA

• PART 1: Hydrological Aspects of Climate Change.- Chapter 1: Climate variability and changes in precipitation extreme and characteristics.- Chapter 2: Hydrological extremes under climate change.- Chapter 3: Impact of climatic and land use changes on riverflows in the Alps.- PART 2: Decision　Making for Managing Water Resources Systems Under Climate Change.- Chapter 4: Ranking of Global Climate Models for Godavari and Cauvery River Basins, India using Compromise Programming.- Chapter 5: Integrated Reservoir Operation Considering Real-time Hydrological Prediction for Adaptive Water Resources Management.- Chapter 6: Optimization of Integrated Operation of Dams Using Ensemble Prediction.- PART 3: Adaptive Policy Under Climate Change: Case Studies.- Chapter 7: Adaptation to Climate Change – Risk Management.- Chapter 8: Adaptation to Climate Change –Decision making and economic analysis.- Chapter 9: Adaptation to Climate Change –Green Development.- Chapter 10: Adaptation to Climate Change –Institutional analysis.- PART 4: The Way Ahead.- Chapter 11: Climate Change Impacts and Water Resources Management and Planning.