Sector Briefing on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: Water Supply and Sanitation
Asian Development Bank | January 2012
Abstract
Climate change can impact the water supply and sanitation sector in a number of ways.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2012. Sector Briefing on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: Water Supply and Sanitation. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2603. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Climate
Climate change
Surface Water
Water
Water Supply
Climate impacts assessment
Coastal Waters
Water Tables
Water Infrastructure
Economic development
Climatic change
Climatic influence
Greenhouse effect
Investment analysis
Hydrography
Hydrogeology
Adaptation
Investment
Drainage systems
Finance
Cooperation
Climate change mitigation
Floods
Sea water
Seas
Global warming
Climatic factor
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