Hrvatske vode, Vol. 31 No. 124, 2023.
Professional paper
Analysis of water supply vulnerability in climate change conditions
Jure Margeta
orcid.org/0000-0002-9237-0169
; Sveučilište u Splitu Fakultet građevinarstva, arhitekture i geodezije, Matice hrvatske 15, Split, Hrvatska
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Abstract
The paper addresses the relationship between climate change and water supply, methodology of vulnerability analysis, as well as impacts and responses to climate change. The objective to be fulfilled in climate uncertain future is the safety of water supply for human consumption. The built environment is changing due to urbanisation and exploitation of natural resources, while the natural environment is adapting to climate and environment change. This process increasingly endangers water supply and safe living. Therefore, water supply is being adapted to strengthen the resilience to climate change, particularly its extreme variability. The success of the adaptation depends on a reliable assessment of the reasons for the system vulnerability. The paper focuses on the analyses of concepts and provides recommendations for their application, as well as the analyses of the status and trends of changes in Croatia and proposes measures to solve the problem.
Keywords
climate change, water supply, system vulnerability, floods, droughts
Hrčak ID:
315624
URI
Publication date:
29.6.2023.
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