EAN: 9789814560726

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ...

The uncontrolled utilization of natural resources to supply to the water demands of the
ever-growing population has brought about worldwide scarcity. The supply shortage has resulted
in conflicts between countries  created prolonged drought  closing of industrial units 
shifting of local inhabitants etc. The abnormality in climatic patterns due to global warming
has only enhanced the uncertainties. Unregulated discharge of waste water into fresh water
resources is also polluting the available water resources and making them non-utilizable. That
is why the discrepancy between water supply and demand is slowly but steadily becoming a
problem  which may lead to conflict and inequality all over the world. The present
investigation is an attempt to find the impact of urbanization in the face of climatic
uncertainties on water shortage or scarcity. How is climate responsible? What urbanization
factors have an influence on the extent of shortages? What is the role of the socio-economic
status of the inhabitants? Industrialization? Consumption pattern? Each of the causes and
effects were analyzed with the help of data from a climate model  which was then fed into a
hydrologic model. The hydrologic output data was then put into various other novel simulation
platforms to predict the uncertainties that can be caused by urbanization in various sectors of
the regions of interest. The impact was calculated based on IPCC recommended climatic and five
distinct urbanization scenarios. The study results will help to predict what is in store of
those living in the developing countries. Possible mitigation measures are also discussed.

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