04200nas a2200469 a 4500 20260818132648.0 180703s2016 th uu m rtt 0| a1eng d .b12203531 AIT Thesis no.WM-16-15 Ashraf, Saqib Groundwater recharge in the context of climate change and land use/land cover change in lower Ravi River Basin, Pakistan Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2016 87 leaves : ill. (some col.) Thesis ; no. WM-16-15 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the d egree of Master of Engineering in Water Engineering and Management Groundwater is an essential resource of water for irrigation and household use especially in area where surface water quality does not fulfill the demands. However, its sustainability is threatened by climate change and Land cover change. Estimation of gro undwater recharge for Lower Ravi river basin in context of climate change and Land use change is conducted in this research. Initially the trend analysis of historical climate was carried out using RClimdex software showing that climatic trends are changin g. The generation of future climate parameters including rainfall and temperature was the next step. Three GCMs and two RCP scenarios were considered. The historical climate data along with basic inputs were used to develop a calibrated and validated hydro logical model named SWAT for the study area. The current land cover was used to generate future land cover in the area using CA - Markov. Four scenarios namely Baseline, Climate Change, Land Cover change and combined land cover and climate change were develo ped for quantification of groundwater recharge in the study area. The annual temperature is expected to increase by 2.1 0 C and 3.7 0 C respectively for RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 by 2100. The annual mean precipitation is also expected to increase by 2.45% and 4.47 % for two RCPs respectively. The groundwater recharge under climate change scenario is going to increase by 8% with a seasonal shift. Major impacts on recharge were seen through Land cover change which causes a decrease in recharge to 38%. The combined imp acts of climate and land use change are reduction in recharge to about 15%. Land cover change is going to impact groundwater recharge more critically than climate change Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2016 Groundwater Lower Ravi River Basin (Pakistan) Land use Lower Ravi River Basin (Pakistan) Climatic change Lower Ravi River Basin (Pakistan) Sarawut Ninsawat, Examination committee Shrestha, Sangam, Chairperson Babel, Mukand Singh, Examination Committee Pandey, Vishnu P., External expert World Bank, Scholarship donor Punjab Irrigation Department, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. WM-16-15 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B04425 .b12203531 mnait m 240405 0 180703 m a m 0 000:001:PDF:b1220353:003765:0:0:0:0:0:0 Click to view Abstract n mnait mnait mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050120507883 CREATED : 2018-03-07 RECORD # : i13133421 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120507891 CREATED : 2018-03-07 RECORD # : i13133433 LPATRON : 1029380 LCHKIN : 2020-11-05 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 2 TOT CHKOUT : 6 TOT RENEW : 25 Barcode : 30050120397152 CREATED : 2019-01-25 RECORD # : i1314912x LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 52237 52237 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.WM-16-15 30050120507883 2026-08-18 13:26:48 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.WM-16-15 30050120507891 2026-08-18 13:26:48 2 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.WM-16-15 30050120397152 2026-08-18 13:26:48 1 2026-08-18 40