ABSTRACT
Water resources play an important role in the sustainable development and are central to all activities of human beings and to the health of the natural ecosystems. For the past several decades, water resources have been subjected to two kinds of pressures, that is, developmental pressures and climate change-related pressures. Among the developmental pressures, the primary demand has been from the rapidly
8.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................209 8.2 Decision Support Resources ......................................................................... 211 8.3 Considerations for Integrating Climate Change into Decision Support
Systems ......................................................................................................... 215 8.3.1 Projected Climate Change Impacts .................................................. 215 8.3.2 Differentiating Adaptation Actions .................................................. 215 8.3.3 Managing Uncertainty ...................................................................... 217 8.3.4 Multistakeholder Engagement .......................................................... 217
8.4 Adaptation Options for Water ....................................................................... 217 8.4.1 Structural Adaptation Options .......................................................... 218 8.4.2 Nonstructural Options and Approaches ........................................... 219
8.4.2.1 Community-Based Water Resources Management ........... 222 8.4.2.2 Water Budgeting and Allocation ........................................ 222 8.4.2.3 Water Pricing .....................................................................223 8.4.2.4 Water Scheduling ............................................................... 223 8.4.2.5 Water Rationing .................................................................224 8.4.2.6 Water Trading ....................................................................225
