Author: Garrote, L. et al
Year of publication: 2015
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Details: Climate vulnerability of irrigation demands
Format of assessment: Scientific article
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Scientists/researchers
Institutional scale of use: Continental
Details: Analyzing river basin districs in southern Europe
Assesment to be used by which target audience: No information
Output: Others (see details)
Details: Report and vulnerability maps and graphs
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Europe
Potential geographic coverage: Southern Europe
Sectors covered: Water sector
Method used: Quantitative model
Description of methodology: Based on Water Availability and Adaptation Policy Assessment (WAAPA). Aggregation of data to sub-basins; evaluation of water resources under climate scenarios; identification of Maximum Potential withdrawl from irrigation. From this adaptation need were identified and modelled
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability, sensitivity
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Water scarcity
Details: Depends on use of climate model
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Data on natural streamflow, elevation derivates, storage volume of basins, regional climate models, population data, irrigation data, data on irrigated areas
Temporal scale: Forward looking
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Partly
Details: Depends on use of climate model (no information in source)
Adressing uncertainty: Yes
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts, identification of adaptation options
Details: Effects of adaptation options are modelled based on the calculated climate change impact on water basins
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: None
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Partly
Details: Depends on use of climate change models (no information in scource)
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Yes
Applied by whom: Garrote, L. et al.
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