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The Indus Basin of Pakistan : the impacts of climate risks on water and agriculture / Winston Yu, Yi-Chen Yang, Andre Savitsky, Donald Alford, Casey Brown, James Wescoat, Dario Debowicz, and Sherman Robinson.

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Online Access: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/13834
Main Author: Yu, Winston H.
Corporate Author: World Bank
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, [2013]
Series:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Countries and regions.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Pakistan.
Crops and climate > Pakistan.
Water resources development > Environmental aspects > Pakistan.
Indus River Watershed > Economic conditions.
Indus River Watershed > Environmental conditions.
Climatic changes.
Crops and climate.
Ecology.
Economic history.
Water resources development > Environmental aspects.
Asia > Indus River Watershed.
Pakistan.
Table of Contents:
  • Two years in the life of the Indus River Basin
  • The current water and agriculture context, challenges and policies
  • Hydrology and glaciers in the Upper Indus Basin
  • Future climate scenarios for the Indus Basin
  • Modeling water, climate, agriculture and the economy
  • Sensitivity and scenario results
  • The way forward.

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