Kurunegala City is an intensively developing capital, located in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. Like other world cities, the city of Kurunegala is facing socio-spatial climate vulnerabilities, including increasing extreme heat conditions, periods of flooding, air pollution, a decreasing drinking water supply, groundwater pollution, waste management issues, lack of sewage treatment and disposal facilities, and gradually diminishing urban biodiversity and recreation.
Research reports from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
This report outlines lessons learnt regarding the principal effects of climate change on 15 cities in low-income countries, and what makes them vulnerable to these effects. It notes that coastal cities are mostly located in tropical areas with hot and humid climates and low-lying land.
The data is intended to assist in establishing the basis for highlighting the risks and vulnerabilities associated with groundwater use.
Groundwater is an important resource for livelihoods and food security of billions of people, especially in developing countries of Asia. Despite the significance of groundwater for sustainable development in Asia, it has not always been properly managed, resulting in depletion of the resource. Climate change impacts may add to existing pressure on groundwater resources by impeding recharge capacities in some areas and filling eventual gaps in surface water availability caused by increased variability of precipitation.
Enhancing water productivity is often recommended as a "soft option" in addressing the problem of increasing water scarcity. In this study, authors analysed the water productivity and GHG implications of water reuse through pumping groundwater and creek water, and compare this with gravity-fed canal irrigation in the Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation System (UPRIIS) in the Philippines. Water productivity indicators show that water reuse contributes significantly to water productivity.
This web-based application was developed to assist the aggregation procedure, as well as the gathering and dissemination of information. The GGMN application enables the user to periodically produce online maps showing a regional change of groundwater variables in time.
