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This atlas provides the most comprehensive and accurate overview of environmental risks relating to climate change vulnerability and adaptation in China. It addresses the agricultural, ecosystem and heat wave health risk posed by climate change and presents the projected environmental risks in the 21st century under climate change and socioeconomic scenarios. The detailed and concise risk assessments are mapped in grid units, allowing easy environmental risk assessment for specific locations. The atlas contributes significantly to the knowledge base for climate change adaptation in China and is a valuable resource for students and professionals in the fields of geographic sciences and climate change. .

Geography. --- Climate change. --- Environmental geography. --- Environmental Geography. --- Climate Change. --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. --- Climatic changes --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Environmental aspects --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Climatic changes. --- Geography --- Global environmental change

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This open access book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of the current state of knowledge covering climate change, surface water change, arsenic pollution, water utilization, water-food-energy nexus, water related hazards, water management, and water governance in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin. Considering the widely concerned fact that the climate change and human intervention induced impacts on water will bring unprecedented threats to human societies and ecosystems, the book intends to support UN’s sustainable development goals through sustainable use of water by providing the most accurate and updated information on climate and water changes in a consistent way. Underlying all aspects of the book is a strong commitment to assessing the science comprehensively, without bias and in a way that is relevant to policy but not policy prescriptive. It can provide implications to support decision-makers and stakeholders for integrated water resources management and sustainable development at all levels. .

Water. --- Hydrology. --- Physical geography. --- Environmental management. --- Physical Geography. --- Earth System Sciences. --- Environmental Management.

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This book provides a practical introduction to remote sensing applications for detecting changes in the terrestrial water cycle and understanding the causes and consequences of these changes. Covering a wide range of innovative remote sensing approaches for hydrological study, this book contributes significantly to the knowledge base of hydrology in the Anthropocene, i.e., global change hydrology. It is an excellent reference for students and professionals in the fields of hydrology, climate change, and geography.

Research & information: general --- Geography --- hydrological cycle --- Three-North region --- climate change --- land cover change --- Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model --- evapotranspiration --- runoff --- soil moisture --- three-temperature model --- infrared remote sensing --- urban hedges --- cooling effects --- irrigation mapping --- remote sensing --- random forest --- subhumid region --- dry-wet regime --- vegetation dynamics --- GLDAS --- GIMMS --- Yarlung Zangbo River --- Microwave emissivity difference vegetation index (EDVI) --- evapotranspiration (ET) --- satellite remote sensing --- cloudy sky --- clouds and earth's radiation energy system (CERES) --- ChinaFLUX --- precipitation classification --- K-nearest neighbor --- Doppler radar --- Tropical Precipitation Measurement Mission (TRMM) --- irrigation signal --- SMAP --- irrigation intensity --- winter wheat --- precipitation --- evaluation --- error analysis --- Fengyun --- quantitative precipitation estimates --- GPM --- IMERG --- deep learning --- Daihai Lake --- Huangqihai Lake --- lake degradation --- weather radar quantitative precipitation estimation --- rain gauge --- radar-rain gauge merging --- leave-one-out cross validation --- verification --- China --- exorheic catchments --- water balance --- GRACE --- terrestrial water storage changes --- reservoir storage --- MODIS --- SRTM

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In four chapters and an introduction, this book systematically helps readers understand the development of the Geographical Sciences both in China and in the world during the past 30 years. Through data analysis of methodologies including CiteSpace, TDA, qualitative analysis, questionnaires, data mining and mathematical statistics, the book explains the evolution of research topics and their driving factors in the Geographical Sciences and its four branches, namely Physical Geography, Human Geography, Geographical Information Science and Environmental Geography. It also identifies the role of the Geographical Sciences in the analysis of strategic issues such as global change and terrestrial ecosystems, terrestrial water cycle and water resources, land change, global cryosphere evolution and land surface processes on the Tibetan Plateau, economic globalization and local responses, regional sustainable development, remote sensing modelling and parameter inversion, spatial analysis and simulation, and tempo-spatial processes and modelling of environmental pollutants. It then discusses research development and inadequacy of Chinese Geographical Sciences in the above-mentioned topics, as well as in the fields including Geomorphology and Quaternary environmental change, Ecohydrology, ecosystem services, the urbanization process and mechanism, medical and health geography, international rivers and transboundary environment and resources, detection and attribution of changes in land surface sensitive components, and uncertainty of spatial information and spatial analysis. It shows that the NSFC has driven the development in all these topics and fields. In addition, the book summarises trends of the Geographical Sciences in China and the research level in major countries of the world through an overview of geographical education in colleges and universities, the analysis of publications, citations and author networks of SCI/SSCI and CSCD indexed articles, and the description of Sino-USA, Sino-UK and Sino-German cooperation. This book serves as an important reference to anyone interested in geographical sciences and related fields.

Geography. --- Hydrology. --- Climate change. --- Environment. --- Human geography. --- Geography, general. --- Environment, general. --- Human Geography. --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. --- Hydrology/Water Resources. --- Geography --- History. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Environmental sciences. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Human ecology --- Environmental science --- Science --- Aquatic sciences --- Hydrography --- Water --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Environmental aspects --- Global environmental change --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Ecology --- Climatic changes.