Indus Basin of Pakistan : Impacts of Climate Risks on Water and Agriculture

This study, Indus basin of Pakistan: the impacts of climate risks on water and agriculture was undertaken at a pivotal time in the region. The weak summer monsoon in 2009 created drought conditions throughout the country. This followed an already t...

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Main Authors:	Yu, Winston, Yang, Yi-Chen, Savitsky, Andre, Alford, Donald, Brown, Casey, Wescoat, James, Debowicz, Dario, Robinson, Sherman
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ADEQUATE WATER ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL LANDS AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION ALLOCATING WATER ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ANNUAL RAINFALL AQUIFERS ARABLE LAND ARID COUNTRIES AVERAGE RAINFALL BARRAGES BASIC FOOD REQUIREMENTS BASIN DEVELOPMENT BASINS CANAL CLOSURE CANAL WATER CANALS CARBOHYDRATE CATCHMENT CATCHMENT BASINS CATCHMENTS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CONSTRUCTION COVERING CROP PRODUCTION CROP PRODUCTIVITY CROP YIELDS DAIRY DAMS DRAINAGE DRIP IRRIGATION DROUGHT DROUGHT CONDITIONS EARTH SCIENCES EFFECTS OF DROUGHT ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD FORECASTING FLOOD RISK FLOODING FLOODS FOOD ACCESS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROPS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD NEEDS FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOOD SUPPLIES FOOD SUPPLY FOODS FREEZING FRESH GROUNDWATER GLACIERS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS GROUNDWATER DEPLETION GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES GROUNDWATER TABLE GROUNDWATER USE HAZARDS HIGH LEVELS HYDRAULICS HYDRODYNAMICS HYDROGEOLOGY HYDROLOGIC REGIME HYDROLOGIC REGIMES HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION ICE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRRIGATION IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION PURPOSES IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAND USE LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS MEAT MELT WATER MOUNTAIN REGIONS NATIONAL WATER POLICY PADDY POTATOES POWER GENERATION PROTEIN PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PULSES PUMPING RAIN RAINFALL RESERVOIRS RICE RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVER CHANNEL RIVER FLOW RIVER SYSTEM RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL COMMUNITIES SALINE WATER SALINE WATER INTRUSION SANITATION SEEPAGE SEWAGE SYSTEMS SNOW SNOW MELT SNOWFALL SNOWMELT SOIL EROSION SOIL MOISTURE SOURCES OF WATER SUB-BASIN SUGAR SUGAR CANE SUGARCANE SUPPLY OF WATER SURFACE WATER USE OF WATER VARIABLE RAINFALL WATER ALLOCATION WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER BANKING WATER BUDGETS WATER DEMAND WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WATER FLOWS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGERS WATER POLICY WATER QUALITY WATER REQUIREMENTS WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SECURITY WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TABLE WATER TABLES WATERS WATERSHED WATERWORKS WELLS WFP WINTER WHEAT WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME WORLD FOOD SUMMIT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17671767/indus-basin-pakistan-impacts-climate-risks-water-agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13834

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17671767/indus-basin-pakistan-impacts-climate-risks-water-agriculture
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13834

Indus Basin of Pakistan : Impacts of Climate Risks on Water and Agriculture

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