Climate change and urban water utilities : challenges and opportunities (English)

The impact of climate change is increasingly important for the design, construction, and maintenance of water sector infrastructure. Average global temperatures are on the rise, causing cycles of extreme weather: droughts and flooding are becoming common; seawater levels are rising; and many locations are considerably drier, impacting water sources such as lakes and rivers. Groundwater supplies are under stress due to decreasing precipitation rates...

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Danilenko,Alexander V.;

Dickson,Eric;

Jacobsen,Michael Peter Steen;
Document Date
2010/06/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
55828
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/22
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Climate change and urban water utilities : challenges and opportunities
Keywords
creating opportunity

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Danilenko,Alexander V.; Dickson,Eric; Jacobsen,Michael Peter Steen.

Climate change and urban water utilities : challenges and opportunities (English). Water P-Notes ; no. 50 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/472251468338472294

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