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Assessment of the impacts of climate change on mountain hydrology : development of a methodology through a case study in the Andes of Peru
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ISBN: 082138662X 9786613066060 1283066068 0821386638 Year: 2011 Publisher: Washington, DC : World Bank,

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Climate change is beginning to have effects on climate, weather and resource availability in ways that need to be anticipated when planning for the future. In particular, changes in rainfall patterns and temperature may impact the intensity or schedule of water availability. Also the retreat of tropical glaciers, the drying of unique Andean wetland ecosystems, as well as increased weather variability and weather extremes will affect water regulation. These changes have the potential to impact the energy and other sectors, such as agriculture, and could have broader economic effects.Anticipatin

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