Global insights into water resources, climate change and governance

Quentin Grafton; Jamie Pittock; Richard Davis; John Williams; Guobin Fu; Michele Warburton; Bradley Udall; Ronnie McKenzie; Xiubo Yu; Nhu Che; Daniel Connell; Qiang Jiang; Thomas Kompas; Amanda Lynch; Richard Norris; Hugh P Possingham; John Quiggin

Global insights into water resources, climate change and governance

Quentin Grafton, Jamie Pittock, Richard Davis, John Williams, Guobin Fu, Michele Warburton, Bradley Udall, Ronnie McKenzie, Xiubo Yu, Nhu Che, Daniel Connell, Qiang Jiang, Thomas Kompas, Amanda Lynch, Richard Norris, Hugh P Possingham, John Quiggin

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The threats of climate change and the trade-offs between extractions and flows are examined for the Colorado, the Murray, the Orange and the Yellow Rivers. In all four basins, and over a long period of time, outflows have greatly reduced as a direct result of increased water extractions. Although climate change will aggravate hydrological impacts on river systems, currently high levels of water extractions remain the principal contributor to reduced system flows. Changes in governance, including sharing the variability between the environment and consumers, are urgently required if the health of these rivers is to be maintained.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Water: Security, Economics and Governance
Editors	R. Quentin Grafton, Jamie Pittock, Maree Tait & Chris White
Place of Publication	Prahan Victoria, Australia
Publisher	Tilde Publishing and Distribution
Pages	550-562
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9780734611413
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Grafton, Q., Pittock, J., Davis, R., Williams, J., Fu, G., Warburton, M., Udall, B., McKenzie, R., Yu, X., Che, N., Connell, D., Jiang, Q., Kompas, T., Lynch, A., Norris, R., Possingham, H. P., & Quiggin, J. (2013). Global insights into water resources, climate change and governance. In R. Quentin Grafton, Jamie Pittock, Maree Tait & Chris White (Ed.), Water: Security, Economics and Governance (1 ed., pp. 550-562). Tilde Publishing and Distribution.

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Global insights into water resources, climate change and governance. / Grafton, Quentin; Pittock, Jamie; Davis, Richard et al.
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