Note: Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Part I Overview of the Changes in the Terrestrial Water Cycle -- Chapter 1 Macroscale Hydrological Modeling and Global Water Balance -- 1.1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.2. COMPONENTS OF TERRESTRIAL HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES -- 1.3. GLOBAL WATER BALANCE IN EARLY ERA -- 1.4. MACROSCALE MODELING FOR WATER CYCLE IN NATURE -- 1.5. CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN IMPACT -- 1.6. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING -- 1.7. PROSPECTS FOR GLOBAL HYDROLOGY AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 Historical and Future Changes in Streamflow and Continental Runoff: A Review -- 2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.2. STREAMFLOW AND RUNOFF DATA -- 2.3. HISTORICAL CHANGES IN STREAMFLOW AND RUNOFF -- 2.4. MODEL-PROJECTED FUTURE CHANGES IN RUNOFF AND STREAMFLOW -- 2.5. SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 Changes in the Global Terrestrial Water Cycle: A Review and Synthesis -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.2. DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-TERM RETROSPECTIVE WATER BUDGET DATA SET -- 3.3. ASSESSMENTS OF THE RETROSPECTIVE WATER BUDGET -- 3.4. CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Part II Human Alterations of the Terrestrial Water Cycle -- Chapter 4 Human-Induced Changes in the Global Water Cycle -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. MACROSCALE WATER MANAGEMENT MODELS AND INTERCOMPARISONS -- 4.3. GLOBAL CONSUMPTIVE USE OF WATER -- 4.4. RESERVOIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO GLOBAL LAND SURFACE WATER STORAGE VARIATIONS -- 4.5. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 Impacts of Groundwater Pumping on Regional and Global Water Resources -- 5.1. INTRODUCTION -- 5.2. HUMAN WATER USE AND GROUNDWATER PUMPING -- 5.3. DIRECT AND INDIRECT CLIMATE IMPACTS ON GROUNDWATER RESOURCES -- 5.4. GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ESTIMATES OF GROUNDWATER DEPLETION. , 5.5. GROUNDWATER DEPLETION AND SEA-LEVEL RISE -- 5.6. FUTURE PROJECTIONS OF GROUNDWATER DEPLETION AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF HUMAN WATER USE -- 5.7. A WAY FORWARD -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 Land Use/Cover Change Impacts on Hydrology in Large River Basins: A Review -- 6.1. INTRODUCTION -- 6.2. EXAMINED VARIABLES -- 6.3. APPROACHES -- 6.4. LAND COVER CHANGE IMPACTS -- 6.5. OUTSTANDING ISSUES -- 6.6. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Part III Recent Advances in Hydrological Measurement and Observation -- Chapter 7 GRACE-Based Estimates of Global Groundwater Depletion -- 7.1. INTRODUCTION -- 7.2. GLOBAL GROUNDWATER CHANGES -- 7.3. SUMMARY -- 7.4. DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 Regional-Scale Combined Land-Atmosphere Water Balance Based on Daily Observations in Illinois -- 8.1. INTRODUCTION -- 8.2. DATA -- 8.3. THEORY AND METHODOLOGY -- 8.4. RESULTS -- 8.5. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Part IV Integrated Modeling of the Terrestrial Water Cycle -- Chapter 9 Drivers of Change in Managed Water Resources: Modeling the Impacts of Climate and Socioeconomic Changes Using the US Midwest as a Case Study -- 9.1. INTRODUCTION -- 9.2. MODELING FRAMEWORK -- 9.3. REGIONAL APPLICATION: DOMAIN, FORCING, AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH -- 9.4. APPLICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL CHANGE -- 9.5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 Modeling the Role of Vegetation in Hydrological Responses to Climate Change -- 10.1. INTRODUCTION -- 10.2. ADVANCES IN HYDROLOGICAL MODELING -- 10.3. MODEL EXPERIMENT -- 10.4. HYDROLOGICAL MODELING RESULTS -- 10.5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 Estimating Virtual Water Contents Using a Global Hydrological Model: Basis and Applications -- 11.1. INTRODUCTION -- 11.2. BASIS -- 11.3. APPLICATIONS: OBJECTIVE AND METHODS. , 11.4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 11.5. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Index -- EULA.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Editorial Committee -- Contents -- List of Maps -- 1 Geography of China -- 1.1 Topography -- 1.2 Climate -- 1.3 Rivers -- 1.4 Vegetation and Soil -- 1.5 Land Use/Land Cover and Eco-Geographical Regionalization -- 1.6 Population and Economy -- 1.7 List of Maps -- References -- 2 Climate Change Projections in the Twenty-First Century -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 Data and Method -- 2.3 Results -- 2.3.1 Climate Change -- 2.3.2 Intermodel Spread in Climate Changes -- 2.4 Maps -- References -- 3 Heat Health Risks -- 3.1 Background -- 3.2 Method -- 3.2.1 High Temperature Days and Heat Waves -- 3.2.2 Population Vulnerability -- 3.2.3 Population Mortality Hazard -- 3.2.4 Population Exposure -- 3.2.5 Population Mortality Risk -- 3.3 Results -- 3.3.1 Spatiotemporal Distribution of High Temperature and Heat Waves -- 3.3.2 Spatiotemporal Distribution of Population Mortality Hazard -- 3.3.3 Spatiotemporal Distribution of Population Mortality Risk -- 3.3.4 Uncertainty Analysis in High Temperature Over 2071-2099 for RCP8.5 -- 3.4 Maps -- References -- 4 Agricultural Risks -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 Method -- 4.3 Results -- 4.3.1 Simulated Crop Yield and Agricultural Production in 1981-2010 -- 4.3.2 Risk of Crop Yield and Agricultural Production Under Climate Change -- 4.3.3 Model Spread and Uncertainty -- 4.4 Maps -- References -- 5 Ecological Risks -- 5.1 Background -- 5.2 Method -- 5.3 Results -- 5.3.1 Relative Change of NPP and Risk Ecological Risk Under Climate Change -- 5.3.2 Model Spread and Uncertainty -- 5.4 Maps -- References -- 6 Integrated Environmental Risks -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Methodology -- 6.3 Results -- 6.4 Maps -- References -- Appendix -- Further Readings.