دورية أكاديمية
Water supply risks and urban responses under a changing climate: A case study of Hong Kong
| العنوان: | Water supply risks and urban responses under a changing climate: A case study of Hong Kong |
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| المؤلفون: | Liang Yang, Chunxiao Zhang, Grace W. Ngaruiya |
| المصدر: | Pacific Geographies, Vol 22, Iss 39, Pp 9-15 (2013) |
| بيانات النشر: | Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Pazifische Studien e.V., 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Geography. Anthropology. Recreation LCC:Social sciences and state - Asia (Asian studies only) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Water supply, water risk, climate change, response measure, Hong Kong, Geography. Anthropology. Recreation, Social sciences and state - Asia (Asian studies only), H53 |
| الوصف: | Hong Kong is often portrayed as a water abundant city because of its location in the subtropical zone. However, Hong Kong currently imports large volumes from the Dongjiang-Shenzhen Water Supply Project (DSWS Project) due to low local freshwater availability. The water situation is becoming more complicated with the popula-tion growth, economic development and difficulties in response/management. In addition, studies show that climate change is likely to increase rainfall variability, flood and drought events and damage water supply infrastructure in Hong Kong. Hence, ensuring sufficient freshwater availability is the major water management challenge for Hong Kong. This article discusses the issues in the current water supply system and also highlights the six interrelated risks within the context of climate change, namely: drought, rainstorm/flood events, sea-level rise, water pollution, social management and policy gaps in Hong Kong. In conclusion, it suggests that for a sustainable future, Honk Kong needs to invest in improving water self-sufficiency, diversify water sources and conduct aggressive public awareness to increase individual adaptation to predicted climate change impacts. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2196-1468 2199-9104 |
| العلاقة: | http://www.pacific-geographies.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/pg39_Liang-Yang_et_al.pdfTest; https://doaj.org/toc/2196-1468Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2199-9104Test |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/f5c750e71560403e8544efdf1aec2c8dTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.f5c750e71560403e8544efdf1aec2c8d |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 21961468 21999104 |
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