| Session Details | |
| Section | HS - Hydrological Sciences |
| Session Title | Climate Change and River Basin Management |
| Main Convener | Prof. Akira Mano (Tohoku University, Japan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Tsuyoshi Kinouchi (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Dr. Shuichi Kure (Tohoku University, Japan) |
| Session Description | Understanding the nature and potential consequences of climate variability and climate change on river system management is one of the biggest and most immediate challenges facing river administrators around the world. The overall objective of the proposed session is hence to examine how the river basin should be managed in the face of climate change and variability. This is important because river administrators are still unsure how to incorporate climate change in river basin management. More specifically, the proposed session will address the following main questions: * What are the pressures facing water resources and river basin management under changing climate conditions and how do we assess the relative importance of these pressures and the associated degree of uncertainty? * How do we predict accurately at the river basin scale changes in water resources and the environment caused by climate variability and change? * How do we determine the best river basin management strategies, adaptation measures, and vulnerability assessment procedures that can cope with climate change and other physical, socio-economic and institutional constraints? This session will provide a forum for exchanging the latest developments in the modeling approaches and practical experiences in dealing with the assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation measures in river basin management. Proposed presentations can deal, among others, with one of the following topics: * Impacts on water resources due to climate change in Asian and Pacific countries. * Impacts on freshwater environments. * Modeling of sediment and contaminant transport in a changing climate. * Risk management for flood and landslide disasters. * Wetland management in a changing environment. * Integrated water resource management. * Policy and decision making at the river basin scale. |