Author(s): E. Kolokytha; Y. Mylopoulos; A. Ntota
Linked Author(s): Elpida Kolokytha
Keywords: Water and Climate change; Agriculture; Greece; Lake Koronia basin
Abstract: The new conditions that are developed because of climate change further deteriorate the already existed global water problem. The adjustment into the new climate change conditions requires proactive planning and prediction of the impacts of climate change into water resources, as well as economically effective measures for the reduction of impacts, coordination of actions and cooperation. Lake Koronia, suffers from unsustainable water management. On one hand, the reduction of natural inflows both in the lake and in the wider hydrologic Megdonia basin, due to low precipitation and reduction of the torrents' discharge, while on the other the increase of water consumption for the satisfaction of agricultural, industrial and urban needs, both resulted to depletion of water resources and negative water balance in the catchment area. This paper discusses the conditions that led to the negative water balance of the lake Koronia in Greece, presents the relation between agricultural activity, production of energy and their impacts in the environment and suggests a framework of measures and concerted actions in order to improve the situation.
Year: 2009