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9957241 
Journal Article 
Review 
Separating the impacts of climate change and human activities on streamflow: A review of methodologies and critical assumptions 
Dey, P; Mishra, A 
2017 
Yes 
Journal of Hydrology
ISSN: 0022-1694 
548 
278-290 
English 
WOS:000403739000022 
Climate change and human activity are two major drivers that alter hydrological cycle processes and cause change in spatio-temporal distribution of water availability. Streamflow, the most important component of hydrological cycle undergoes variation which is expected to be influenced by climate change as well as human activities. Since these two affecting conditions are time dependent, having unequal influence, identification of the change point in natural flow regime is of utmost important to separate the individual impact of climate change and human activities on streamflow variability. Subsequently, it is important as well for framing adaptation strategies and policies for regional water resources planning and management. In this paper, a comprehensive review of different approaches used by research community to isolate the impacts of climate change and human activities on streamflow are presented. The important issues pertaining to different approaches, to make rational use of methodology, are discussed so that researcher and policymaker can understand the importance of individual methodology and its use in water resources management. A new approach has also been suggested to select a representative change point under different scenarios of human activities with incorporation of climate variability/change. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 
Climate change; Human activities; Streamflow; Representative change point; Water resources management