Climate Change, Floods and Droughts
Uneven distribution of water resources exerts tremendous stress on Asia. From west China and Mongolia to west Asia, there are large areas located in arid and semi-arid climates. Even in humid and sub-humid areas of Asia, water scarcity or stress is one of the main limitations that impede sustainable development. Climate change is likely to exacerbate the water scarcity and enhance the socio-economic stresses in Asia. Asian countries face diverse water-related problems. The water resources in arid and semi-arid regions where the socio-economic development depends heavily on the water availability are extraordinarily vulnerable to changing climate. Therefore, study on the climate change and watershed management is significant for sustainable development and ecosystem maintenance over the larger Asian river basins. This symposium will provide an opportunity to exchange the latest research in relevant fields for international academics, scholars, engineers and decision makers. The attendees of this symposium had an opportunity to explore the Tarim River, the longest inland river located in the Taklimakan Desert, the largest desert in China.
The themes of this symposium include, but not limited to 1)Climate change in the larger Asian river basins, 2) Impact of climate change on water cycle and water resources and sediment flux, 3) Integrated river basin management and adaptation to climate change, 4) Climate change and its impact on glaciers and river flow.
The symposium was jointly organized by National Climate Centre Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Xinjiang Climate Centre, Xinjiang Institute of Geography and Ecology,National University of Singapore.
The symposium was held on16th-22nd November, 2008 in Urumqi,China.
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Previous articles
Editorial board/ Aims & Scope
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Page IFC
Sensitivity analysis and impact quantification of the main factors affecting peak discharge in the SCS curve number method: An analysis of Iranian watersheds
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 66-74
Tropical cyclones and heavy rainfall in Fujian Province, China
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 122-128
Reverse engineered flood hazard mapping in Afghanistan: A parsimonious flood map model for developing countries
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 82-91
Corrigendum to “A gradual drowning of the southwestern Black Sea shelf: Evidence for a progressive rather than abrupt Holocene reconnection with the eastern Mediterranean Sea through the Marmara Sea Gateway” [Quaternary International, 167–168 (2007) 19–34
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Page 160
Corrigendum to “A Holocene dinocyst record of a two-step transformation of the Neoeuxinian brackish water lake into the Black Sea” [Quaternary International, 197 (2009) 72–86]
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Page 161
Alpine grassland degradation index and its response to recent climate variability in Northern Tibet, China
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 143-150
Spatial distribution and temporal trends of extreme temperature and precipitation events on the Loess Plateau of China during 1961–2007
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 92-100
Nutrients and heavy metals in multi-cores from Zhushan Bay at Taihu Lake, the largest shallow lake in the Yangtze Delta, China
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 23-28
Minimum ecological water depth of a typical stream in Taihu Lake Basin, China
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 136-142
Response of glacial-lake outburst floods to climate change in the Yarkant River basin on northern slope of Karakoram Mountains, China
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 75-81
Response of runoff in the source region of the Yellow River to climate warming
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 60-65
Using temporal coherence to determine the responses of water clarity to hydrological processes in a giant subtropical canyon-shaped reservoir (China)
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 151-159
Effect of hydrological regime on the macroinvertebrate community in Three-Gorges Reservoir, China
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 129-135
Accelerated human activities affecting the spatial pattern of temperature in the Yangtze River Delta
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 112-121
Some sediment-geochemical evidence for the recent environmental changes of the lakes from the middle and lower Yangtze River basin, China
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 29-37
An assessment of the riverine carbon flux of the Xijiang River during the past 50 years
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 38-43
Sediment deposition and erosion during the extreme flood events in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 4-11
Sediment transport of the Blue Nile at Khartoum
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 12-22
Multiscale streamflow variations of the Pearl River basin and possible implications for the water resource management within the Pearl River Delta, China
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 44-53
Hydrological modeling of River Xiangxi using SWAT2005: A comparison of model parameterizations using station and gridded meteorological observations
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 54-59
Plausible causes of temporal variation in suspended sediment concentration in the upper Changjiang River and major tributaries during the second half of the 20th century
Quaternary International, Volume 208, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2009, Pages 85-92
Dryness/wetness variations in ten large river basins of China during the first 50 years of the 21st century
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 101-111
Larger Asian rivers: Climate change, river flow, and watershed management
Quaternary International, Volume 226, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2010, Pages 1-3