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27 Feb 2018
Research article |
| 27 Feb 2018
| 27 Feb 2018
Land-use change may exacerbate climate change impacts on water resources in the Ganges basin
Gina Tsarouchi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London, London, UK
HR Wallingford, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BA, UK
Wouter Buytaert
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Short summary
This work quantifies how future land-use and climate change may affect the hydrology of the Upper Ganges basin. Three sets of modelling experiments are run for the period 2000–2035, considering (1) only climate change, (2) only land-use change and (3) both climate and land-use change. Results point towards a severe increase in high flows. The changes are greater in the combined land-use and climate change experiment. We also show that future winter water demands in the region may not be met.
This work quantifies how future land-use and climate change may affect the hydrology of the...
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