TY - CHAP
T1 - Adapting to climate variability and change in India
AU - Bird, J.
AU - Roy, S.
AU - Shah, T.
AU - Aggarwal, P.
AU - Smakhtin, V.
AU - Amarnath, G.
AU - Amarasinghe, U. A.
AU - Pavelic, P.
AU - McCornick, P. G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Responding to rainfall variability has always been one of the most critical risks facing farmers. It is also an integral part of the job of water managers, whether it be designing interventions for flood management, improving the reliability of water supply for irrigation or advising on priorities during drought conditions. The conventional tools and approaches employed are no longer sufficient to manage the increasing uncertainty and incidence of extreme climate events, and the consequent effects these have on human vulnerability and food security. To be effective, the technological advances need to be matched with physical, institutional and management innovations that transcend sectors, and place adaptation and responsiveness to variability at the centre of the approach. This chapter examines a number of these challenges and possible solutions at a range of scales, from ‘climate-smart villages’ to national policy, with a focus on Asia and India, in particular.
AB - Responding to rainfall variability has always been one of the most critical risks facing farmers. It is also an integral part of the job of water managers, whether it be designing interventions for flood management, improving the reliability of water supply for irrigation or advising on priorities during drought conditions. The conventional tools and approaches employed are no longer sufficient to manage the increasing uncertainty and incidence of extreme climate events, and the consequent effects these have on human vulnerability and food security. To be effective, the technological advances need to be matched with physical, institutional and management innovations that transcend sectors, and place adaptation and responsiveness to variability at the centre of the approach. This chapter examines a number of these challenges and possible solutions at a range of scales, from ‘climate-smart villages’ to national policy, with a focus on Asia and India, in particular.
KW - Central ground water board
KW - Crop insurance
KW - Land surface water index
KW - Manage aquifer recharge
KW - Surface storage
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-287-976-9_4
DO - 10.1007/978-981-287-976-9_4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84980321088
T3 - Water Resources Development and Management
SP - 41
EP - 63
BT - Water Resources Development and Management
PB - Springer
ER -