Transboundary aquifer vulnerability to climate change (2014)

Title
Transboundary aquifer vulnerability to climate change (2014)
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Abstract

Transboundary aquifer vulnerability to climate change is calculated as the extent of expected groundwater budget regime change in response to change in climate. A high vulnerability is indicative of transboundary aquifers actively interacting with streams, atmosphere and/or sea (e.g. coastal aquifers, SIDS, shallow watertable aquifers, karst aquifers).

Pubblication Date
Type
Vector Data
Keywords
Climate change , Groundwater , Transboundary , Vulnerability
Category
Groundwater
Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. It represents 98% of the world’s unfrozen freshwater.
Regions
Global
Responsible
Group
Theme 2: Groundwater
Restrictions
Unless otherwise specified, no restriction applies.
Edition
UNESCO-IGRAC (2016). TWAP viewer [online]
Language
English
Supplemental Information

Information was collected within the framework of the Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP), initiated by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aimed at creating the first baseline assessment of all the planet’s transboundary water resources.

For more information visit: ggis.un-igrac.org/ggis-viewer/viewer/twap/public/default and www.geftwap.org

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Attribute Name Label Description
OBJECTID Object ID
CODE Code
NAME Name of the aquifer
TYPE Type (aquifer or groundwater)
COUNTRIES Countries sharing the aquifer
AREA Surface area of the aquifer
GA0_0 Data intensity : Amount of indicators available
GA1_1 Groundwater recharge [mm/yr] or [litre/m²/yr]
GA1_2 Renewable groundwater resources per capita [m3/yr/capita]
GA1_3 Natural groundwater quality [%]
GA1_4 Buffering capacity [yr]
GA1_5 Vulnerability to climate change [-]
GA1_6 Vulnerability to pollution [%]
GA2_1 Human dependency on groundwater [%]
GA2_2 Human dependency on groundwater for domestic use [%]
GA2_3 Human dependency on groundwater for agricultural use [%]
GA2_4 Human dependency on groundwater for industrial use [%]
GA2_5 Ecosystem dependency on groundwater [%]
GA2_6 Prevalence of springs [%]
GA3_1 Groundwater depletion [mm/yr]
GA3_2 Groundwater pollution [%]
GA4_1 Population density [capita/km²]
GA4_2 Groundwater development stress [%]
GA5_1 Transboundary legal franmework
GA5_2 Transboundary institutional framework
GA6_1 Control groundwater abstraction
GA6_2 Groundwater quality protection

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