Hydro - Agronomic - Economic Model for Mekong River Basin and Local Adaptation in Thailand Model Development

Funding source: World Bank
Parners: Mott MacDonald (Project Leader),Panya consultant
Principal investigator : Assistant Professor Dr. Anond Snidvongs ( SEA START RC's component)
Researchers: Suppakorn Chinvanno,Pornwilai Saipothong,Chalermrat Saengmanee
Timeframe: April 2010- Oct 2011
Period: 18 Months
Status: On going

The overall objective of this project is to assist the Department of Water Resources, Thailand to develop policy planning tool for climate change adaptation in northeastern region of Thailand. The Hydrologic-Agricultural-Economic Model developed under this project will be a hydrological model of the river systems integrated with agricultural and economic models to permit assessment of climate change impacts under different future scenarios, and to assist in identifying and evaluating adaptation strategies, with focus on:
a) hydrological regime,
b) water usage,
c) agricultural production and
d) socio-economic conditions.

Acitivity: Workshop on Planning Tools of Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation

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