GLOBAL WARMING AND DRAINAGE DEVELOPMENT : PERSPPECTIVE AND CHALLENGES

Overview of current and future (time horizon 2025) drainage development around the world. The paper analyses the results of four of the most advanced global circulation models for assessing the hydrological impact of global warming, due to the greenhouse effect, on the drainage planning and design process. A five-step planning and design procedure is proposed, able to integrate, within the development process, the hydrological consequences of climate change.