ROLE of HYDROLOGY in

WATER RESOURCES
PLANNING and MANAGEMENT
in the PHILIPPINES
Objectives:

To define problems on
watershed and
mitigation in the
Philippines.
To cite current
problems in watershed
management and
watershed protection
in our country.
Objectives:

To define the role of

Hydrology in water
resources planning and
management in the
Philippines.
To cite and identify the
agencies involved in the
collection of hydrologic
data in the Philippines.
Over the past decade, and
increasingly, there have been
many studies into climate
change effects on hydrology
and water resources and
some undertaken on behalf of
water management agencies.
There are still many gaps and
unknowns, however. The goal
of this chapter assesses
current understanding of the
impacts of climate change on
water resources and
implications for adaptation.
Estimating the Impacts of
Climate Change
The impacts of climate change on hydrology
usually are estimated by defining scenarios for
changes in climatic inputs to a hydrological
model from the output of general circulation
models.
The three key developments here are
constructing scenarios that are suitable for
hydrological impact assessments, developing
and using realistic hydrological models, and
understanding better the linkages and
feedbacks between climate and hydrological
systems.
Impacts on Water Resources
and Hazards
The preceding sections have assessed the
potential effect of climate change on river
flows, groundwater recharge and other
biophysical components of the water resource
base, and demands for that resource. The
consequences, or impacts, of such changes on
risk or resource reliability depend not only on
the biophysical changes in streamflow,
recharge, sea-level rise, and water quality but
also on the characteristics of the water
management system.
Societal characteristics that
maximize susceptibility to
climate
change include:
1. Poverty and low income levels,
which prevent long-term planning
and provisioning at the household
level.

2. Lack of water control

infrastructures.

3. Lack of maintenance and

deterioration of existing
infrastructure.

4. Lack of human capital skills for

system planning and management.
5. Lack of appropriate,
empowered institutions.

6. Absence of appropriate
land-use planning.

7. High population densities

and other factors that
inhibit population mobility.

8. Increasing demand for

water because of rapid
population growth.
9. Conservative attitudes
toward risk [unwillingness
to live with some risks as
a trade off against more
goods and services (risk
aversion)].

10. Lack of formal links

among the various parties
involved in water
management.
Mitigation – an
alleviation; a
narrow passage; to
alley or to lessen.
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