Water-Food-Energy Nexus on Lancang-Mekong River Basin
Abstract
In the Lancang-Mekong river basin, the connections between climate and the water-food-energy nexus are strong. One of them can be reflected by the hydropower energy and irrigation sectors, impacted since these last years by intense droughts and increasing salinity. The purpose of this study is to understand quantitatively how the current hydropower impact on the streamflow and the irrigated crops will be influenced by the climate change for the next 30 years. A hydropower-crop model is computed to reproduce hydropower generation and revenue, revenue from crop and crop area in 2050. The outcomes will be used for water management in the region and strengthen the cooperation mechanisms between Mekong riparian countries.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017AGUFMGC43I..06D
- Keywords:
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- 1630 Impacts of global change;
- GLOBAL CHANGE;
- 1655 Water cycles;
- GLOBAL CHANGE;
- 1834 Human impacts;
- HYDROLOGY;
- 1880 Water management;
- HYDROLOGY