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The Indus Basin of Pakistan: The Impacts of Climate Risks on Water and Agriculture
Author(s): Winston Yu (Author), Yi-Chen Yang (Author), Andre Savitsky (Author), Donald Alford (Author), Casey Brown (Author), James Wescoat Jr. (Author)
- Publisher: World Bank Publications
- Publication Date: 4 April 2013
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 184 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780821398746
- ISBN-13: 0821398741
Book Description
This book was undertaken at a pivotal time in the region. The weak summer monsoon in 2009 created drought conditions throughout Pakistan. This followed an already tenuous situation for many rural households faced with high fuel and fertilizer costs and the impacts of rising global food prices. Then catastrophic monsoon flooding in 2010 affected over 20 million people, devastating their housing, infrastructure, and crops. Damages from this single flood event were estimated at US$10 billion, half of which were losses in the agriculture sector. Notwithstanding the debate as to whether these observed extremes are evidence of climate change, an investigation is needed regarding the extent to which the country is resilient to these shocks.
