The effects of climate change are beginning to impact water quantity and
water quality across the globe. However, there is no single action or
strategy that any government can implement to ensure a community is
resilient to climate change-related extreme weather events while also
protecting the natural system. Instead, Robert Brears argues, climate
resilient water resources management requires integrated,
forward-thinking policies that are not only adaptable to changing
climatic conditions but also seek to maximise economic and social
welfare in an equitable manner while ensuring the continued health of
their ecosystems. This book addresses how several levels of government
in different geographical locations, with varying climates, incomes, and
lifestyles, have implemented a variety of policies and technologies to
ensure communities are resilient to climatic risks, and how these
policies preserve and enhance the natural system and its associated
ecosystem's health.