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Managing Water Resources Under Climate Uncertainty: Opportunities and Challenges for Cambodia

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Despite rich water resources, Cambodia faces numerous challenges in managing and maximising the use of these for its population and for the country as the whole. The typical challenge is too much water in the wet season, leading to widespread flooding, and lack of water in the dry season, causing drought. Cambodia is one of the most natural disaster-prone countries in East Asia, and climate change has already been observed there. This article gives an overview of the links between climate and water, as well as the effects of climate change on water resources. Potential ways of managing water resources from the climate change aspect are discussed. An overview of the importance of climate information in water resource management provides an insight into the role climatology plays as a means of predicting and managing future water resources. The Regional Climate Outlook Forum (RCOF) is a process that can be employed within water resource management. A Hydrological Outlook Forum can be developed based on the processes and outcomes of a RCOF.

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    http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries_regions/cambodia/index.stm.

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    http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/index.cfm?page=country_historical_climate&ThisRegion=Asia&ThisCCode=KHM accessed 19 March 2014.

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    http://www.eoearth.org/view/view/156934/ accessed 19 March 2014.

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    http://www.climate.org/topics/water.html accessed 19 March 2010.

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    http://go.worldbank.org/SYXPJ6M450 accessed 17 March 2014.

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  1. Prekleap National College of Agriculture, National Road 6A, Chroy Changva, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    Thun Vathana

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  1. Water Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Klong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand

    Sangam Shrestha

  2. Food Engineering & Bioprocess Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, Klong Luang, Thailand

    Anil K. Anal

  3. School of Env., Res. and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, City, Thailand

    P. Abdul Salam

  4. The Netherlands Ntl. Committee IHP-HWRP, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Michael van der Valk

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Vathana, T. (2015). Managing Water Resources Under Climate Uncertainty: Opportunities and Challenges for Cambodia. In: Shrestha, S., Anal, A., Salam, P., van der Valk, M. (eds) Managing Water Resources under Climate Uncertainty. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10467-6_12

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