Impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Sri Lanka: a review and preliminary vulnerability mapping
There is ample evidence to suggest that Sri Lanka?s climate has already changed. However, the bigger question of national importance is what Sri Lanka?s climate will look like in 50 or 100 years and how prepared the country is to face such changes. This report reviews the status of climate change (C...
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International Water Management Institute
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| author | Eriyagama, Nishadi Smakhtin, Vladimir U. Chandrapala, L. Fernando, K. |
| author_browse | Chandrapala, L. Eriyagama, Nishadi Fernando, K. Smakhtin, Vladimir U. |
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| description | There is ample evidence to suggest that Sri Lanka?s climate has already changed. However, the bigger question of national importance is what Sri Lanka?s climate will look like in 50 or 100 years and how prepared the country is to face such changes. This report reviews the status of climate change (CC) research/activities in Sri Lanka in terms of observed and projected climatic changes, their impacts on water resources and agriculture, CC mitigation and adaptation, and research needs. The study also developed a pilot level CC Vulnerability Index, which was subsequently mapped at district level. The maps indicate that typical farming districts such as Nuwara Eliya, Badulla, Moneragala, Ratnapura and Anuradhapura are the most vulnerable to CC due to their heavy reliance on primary agriculture. |
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| spelling | CGSpace399212025-11-07T08:45:20Z Impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Sri Lanka: a review and preliminary vulnerability mapping Eriyagama, Nishadi Smakhtin, Vladimir U. Chandrapala, L. Fernando, K. climate change rain water resource management crops mapping There is ample evidence to suggest that Sri Lanka?s climate has already changed. However, the bigger question of national importance is what Sri Lanka?s climate will look like in 50 or 100 years and how prepared the country is to face such changes. This report reviews the status of climate change (CC) research/activities in Sri Lanka in terms of observed and projected climatic changes, their impacts on water resources and agriculture, CC mitigation and adaptation, and research needs. The study also developed a pilot level CC Vulnerability Index, which was subsequently mapped at district level. The maps indicate that typical farming districts such as Nuwara Eliya, Badulla, Moneragala, Ratnapura and Anuradhapura are the most vulnerable to CC due to their heavy reliance on primary agriculture. 2010 2014-06-13T14:29:41Z 2014-06-13T14:29:41Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39921 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Eriyagama, Nishadi; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Chandrapala, L.; Fernando, K. 2010. Impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Sri Lanka: a review and preliminary vulnerability mapping. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 43p. (IWMI Research Report 135) doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2010.211 |
| spellingShingle | climate change rain water resource management crops mapping Eriyagama, Nishadi Smakhtin, Vladimir U. Chandrapala, L. Fernando, K. Impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Sri Lanka: a review and preliminary vulnerability mapping |
| title | Impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Sri Lanka: a review and preliminary vulnerability mapping |
| title_full | Impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Sri Lanka: a review and preliminary vulnerability mapping |
| title_fullStr | Impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Sri Lanka: a review and preliminary vulnerability mapping |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Sri Lanka: a review and preliminary vulnerability mapping |
| title_short | Impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Sri Lanka: a review and preliminary vulnerability mapping |
| title_sort | impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in sri lanka a review and preliminary vulnerability mapping |
| topic | climate change rain water resource management crops mapping |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39921 |
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