Planning For Drought: Toward A Reduction Of Societal Vulnerability
Autor Donald Wilhite, William Easterling, Deborah A. Wood, Eugene Rasmussonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780367298449
ISBN-10: 0367298449
Pagini: 597
Dimensiuni: 148 x 233 mm
Greutate: 1.13 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0367298449
Pagini: 597
Dimensiuni: 148 x 233 mm
Greutate: 1.13 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Foreword -- Preface -- Background -- Drought and Desiccation: Twin Hazards of a Variable Climate -- Understanding the Drought Phenomenon: The Role of Definitions -- Prediction -- Global Prospects for the Prediction of Drought: A Meteorological Perspective -- The Droughts of Northeast Brazil and Their Prediction -- Prospects for Drought Prediction in Australia and Indonesia -- Forecasting Drought Probabilistically -- Drought Prediction: A Hydrological Perspective -- Monitoring and Early Warning -- Surface Weather Monitoring and the Development of Drought and Other Climate Information Delivery Systems -- Agroclimatic Monitoring During the Growing Season in Semiarid Regions of Africa -- Monitoring Drought in Australia -- Satellite Remote Sensing of Drought Conditions -- An Operational Early Warning Agricultural Weather System -- Impact Assessment -- Climate Impact Assessment: A Review of Some Approaches -- Assessing Drought Impacts and Adjustments in Agriculture and Water Resource Systems -- Climate Impact Assessment in Central and Eastern Kenya: Notes on Methodology -- International Drought Early Warning Program of NOAA/NESDIS/AISC -- Food Shortages Assessment and Prediction: Methods of the Early Warning System of Ethiopia -- Would Better Information from an Early Warning System Improve African Food Security? -- Special Papers -- Drought and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Drought and Climate Change: For Better or Worse? -- Adaptation and Adjustment -- Adaptation and Adjustments in Drought-Prone Areas: Research Directions -- Adaptation and Adjustments in Drought-Prone Areas: an Overview—South Australian Study -- Technological and Sociopolitical Adaptation and Adjustment to Drought: The Indian Experience -- Perceptions of Drought in the Ogallala Aquifer Region of the Western U.S. Great Plains -- Planning and Response by Government -- The Role of Government in Planning for Drought: Where Do We Go from Here? -- Drought Planning and Response: Botswana Experience -- Drought Management in India: Steps Toward Eliminating Famines -- Drought in Northeast Brazil: Impact and Government Response -- Interaction between Scientist and Layman in the Perception and Assessment of Drought: South Africa -- The Role of Donor Organizations in Responding to Drought and Famine -- Drought and Agricultural Development -- The Role of the Media in Identifying and Publicizing Drought -- Drought Crisis Management: The Case of Ethiopia -- Summary Address -- The Symposium in Perspective: Summary Address -- Workshop Summary -- Introduction -- Task Group Reports -- Drought Research Priorities -- Drought Policy: Toward a Plan of Action -- Workshop Participants -- Workshop Position Statement
Notă biografică
Joaquin Andreu Alvarez, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain.
Descriere
Drought Management and Planning for Water Resources delineates how to reduce drought effects through pro-active vision, good management, and conjunctive use of water sources