Yang, Yi-ChenYu, WinstonSavitsky, AndreAlford, DonaldBrown, CaseyWescoat, JamesDebowicz, DarioRobinson, Sherman2013-06-112013-06-112013-05978-0-8213-9874-6https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13834This 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 tenuous situation for many rural households faced with high fuel and fertilizer costs and the impacts of rising global food prices. Then catastrophic monsoon flooding in 2010 affected over 20 million people, devastating their housing, infrastructure, and crops. Damages from this single flood event were estimated at US dollar 10 billion, half of which were losses in the agriculture sector. Notwithstanding the debate as to whether these observed extremes are evidence of climate change, an investigation is needed regarding the extent to which the country is resilient to these shocks. It is thus timely, if not critical, to focus on climate risks for water, agriculture, and food security in the Indus basin of Pakistan.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADEQUATE WATERADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORTAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL ECONOMYAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL LANDSAGRICULTURAL POLICYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURE PRODUCTIONALLOCATING WATERANNUAL PRECIPITATIONANNUAL RAINFALLAQUIFERSARABLE LANDARID COUNTRIESAVERAGE RAINFALLBARRAGESBASIC FOOD REQUIREMENTSBASIN DEVELOPMENTBASINSCANAL CLOSURECANAL WATERCANALSCARBOHYDRATECATCHMENTCATCHMENT BASINSCATCHMENTSCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGESCLIMATE IMPACTSCLIMATE VARIABILITYCONSTRUCTIONCOVERINGCROP PRODUCTIONCROP PRODUCTIVITYCROP YIELDSDAIRYDAMSDRAINAGEDRIP IRRIGATIONDROUGHTDROUGHT CONDITIONSEARTH SCIENCESEFFECTS OF DROUGHTENGINEERINGENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGENVIRONMENTAL FLOWSENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONFLOOD DAMAGEFLOOD FORECASTINGFLOOD RISKFLOODINGFLOODSFOOD ACCESSFOOD AVAILABILITYFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD CROPSFOOD INSECURITYFOOD NEEDSFOOD POLICYFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFOOD PRICESFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCYFOOD SUPPLIESFOOD SUPPLYFOODSFREEZINGFRESH GROUNDWATERGLACIERSGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER AQUIFERSGROUNDWATER DEPLETIONGROUNDWATER IRRIGATIONGROUNDWATER MANAGEMENTGROUNDWATER RESOURCESGROUNDWATER SUPPLIESGROUNDWATER TABLEGROUNDWATER USEHAZARDSHIGH LEVELSHYDRAULICSHYDRODYNAMICSHYDROGEOLOGYHYDROLOGIC REGIMEHYDROLOGIC REGIMESHYDROLOGYHYDROPOWER PRODUCTIONICEINTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCEINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION AGRICULTUREIRRIGATION DEVELOPMENTIRRIGATION PURPOSESIRRIGATION SYSTEMSLAND USELIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSMEATMELT WATERMOUNTAIN REGIONSNATIONAL WATER POLICYPADDYPOTATOESPOWER GENERATIONPROTEINPROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTSPULSESPUMPINGRAINRAINFALLRESERVOIRSRICERIVER BASINRIVER BASIN MANAGEMENTRIVER BASINSRIVER CHANNELRIVER FLOWRIVER SYSTEMRIVERSRUNOFFRURAL COMMUNITIESSALINE WATERSALINE WATER INTRUSIONSANITATIONSEEPAGESEWAGE SYSTEMSSNOWSNOW MELTSNOWFALLSNOWMELTSOIL EROSIONSOIL MOISTURESOURCES OF WATERSUB-BASINSUGARSUGAR CANESUGARCANESUPPLY OF WATERSURFACE WATERUSE OF WATERVARIABLE RAINFALLWATER ALLOCATIONWATER ALLOCATIONSWATER AVAILABILITYWATER BANKINGWATER BUDGETSWATER DEMANDWATER DEVELOPMENTWATER DISTRIBUTIONWATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMWATER FLOWSWATER MANAGEMENTWATER MANAGERSWATER POLICYWATER QUALITYWATER REQUIREMENTSWATER RESOURCESWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER SCARCITYWATER SECTORWATER SECURITYWATER STORAGEWATER SUPPLYWATER SYSTEMSWATER TABLEWATER TABLESWATERSWATERSHEDWATERWORKSWELLSWFPWINTER WHEATWORLD FOOD PROGRAMMEWORLD FOOD SUMMITWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-9874-6