Community based adaptation options for climate change impacts on water resources: The case of Jordan

Journal of Water and Land Development

Mohammad Salahat Hashemite University, Zarqa, JordanOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar¹  Nezar Hammouri Hashemite University, Zarqa, JordanOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar¹  Mohammad Al-Qinna Hashemite University, Zarqa, JordanOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar¹  Shiv O. Prasher McGill University, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Bioresource Engineering, Quebec, Canada, H9X 3V9Other articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar²  Jan Adamowski McGill University, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Bioresource Engineering, Quebec, Canada, H9X 3V9EmailOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar² 

[1] Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan;McGill University, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Bioresource Engineering, Quebec, Canada, H9X 3V9

关键词: Keywords: adaptation;    climate change;    Jordan;    water resources;   

DOI  :  10.1515/jwld-2015-0013

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Instytut Technologiczno-Przyrodniczego / Institute of Technology and Life Sciences

【 摘 要 】

A strategic vision to ensure an adequate, safe and secure drinking water supply presents a challenge, particularly for such a small country as Jordan, faced with a critical supply-demand imbalance and a high risk of water quality deterioration. In order to provide sustainable and equitable long-term water management plans for the future, current and future demands, along with available adaptation options should be assessed through community engagement. An analysis of available water resources, existing demands and use per sector served to assess the nation’s historic water status. Taking into account the effect of both population growth and rainfall reduction, future per sector demands were predicted by linear temporal trend analysis. Water sector vulnerability and adaptation options were assessed by engaging thirty five stakeholders. A set of weighed-criterions were selected, adopted, modified, and then framed into comprehensive guidelines. A quantitative ratio-level approach was used to quantify the magnitude and likelihood of risks and opportunities associated with each proposed adaptation measure using the level of effectiveness and severity status. Prioritization indicated that public awareness and training programs were the most feasible and effective adaptation measures, while building new infrastructure was of low priority. Associated barriers were related to a lack of financial resources, institutional arrangements, and data collection, sharing, availability, consistency and transparency, as well as willingness to adapt. Independent community-based watershed-vulnerability analyses to address water integrity at watershed scale are recommended.

【 授权许可】

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