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Impact of Climate Change on Hydropower Generation and Irrigation: A Case Study from Greece

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Climate Change and its Effects on Water Resources

Part of the book series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security ((NAPSC,volume 3))

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Due to climate change, water availability for different uses such as domestic water supply, hydropower production and agricultural irrigation could be significantly reduced in the near future mainly in regions with arid and semi-arid climate. Precipitation data in the form of time series from different stations in South East Europe (SEE) as well as results from global atmospheric circulation models indicate that climate change will reduce water availability in this part of the Mediterranean. In this presentation the coupling of hydrological, hydraulic and climate change models is suggested in order to explore the impact of climate change on water resources at the river basin level. The methodology is illustrated for the Mesta/Nestos river basin, which is shared between Bulgaria and Greece. The case study is part of the worldwide UNESCO-HELP initiative.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Jacques Ganoulis & Charalampos Skoulikaris

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  1. Jacques Ganoulis
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  1. Engineering Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Urla, 35430, Turkey

    Alper Baba

  2. Engineering Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Urla, 35430, Turkey

    Gökmen Tayfur

  3. Engineering Faculty, Department of Environmental Engineering, Dokuz Eylül University, Kaynaklar Campus, Buca, 35160, Turkey

    Orhan Gündüz

  4. University of Toronto, Military Trail 1265, Scarborough, M1C 1A4, Canada

    Ken W.F. Howard

  5. Denver Federal Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, 80225, USA

    Michael J. Friedel

  6. Geophysics Centre of Evora, Department of Geosciences, University of Evora, Apartado 94, Evora, 7000-671, Portugal

    Antonio Chambel

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Ganoulis, J., Skoulikaris, C. (2011). Impact of Climate Change on Hydropower Generation and Irrigation: A Case Study from Greece. In: Baba, A., Tayfur, G., Gündüz, O., Howard, K., Friedel, M., Chambel, A. (eds) Climate Change and its Effects on Water Resources. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1143-3_10

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