Drought. a global assessment /: a global assessment. Vol I and II : (2000)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Donald A. Wilhite.
• Editors: Wilhite, Donald A
• Contents: Droughts Vol. 1; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Notes on contributors; Series Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTS; 1 DROUGHT AS A NATURAL HAZARD: CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS; PART II CAUSES AND PREDICTABILITY; 2 PROSPECTS FOR THE PREDICTION OF METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; 3 THE APPLICATION OF EL NIÑO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INFORMATION TO SEASONAL FORECASTS IN AUSTRALIA; 4 PREDICTING DROUGHT IN KENYA: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES. 5 THE PREDICTION OF DROUGHT IN THE BRAZILIAN NORDESTE: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE6 PROSPECTS FOR PREDICTING DROUGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES; 7 PREDICTABILITY OF DROUGHT IN CHINA; 8 THE OCCURRENCE AND PREDICTABILITY OF DROUGHTS OVER SOUTHERN AFRICA; 9 DROUGHT AND ITS PREDICTABILITY IN ETHIOPIA; PART III MONITORING AND EARLY WARNING TECHNIQUES; 10 INTEGRATED CLIMATE MONITORING FOR DROUGHT DETECTION; 11 DROUGHT INDICES: A REVIEW; 12 MONITORING DROUGHT USING THE STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; 13 MONITORING THE INCIDENCE OF LARGE-SCALE DROUGHTS IN INDIA. 14 GLOBAL DROUGHT DETECTION AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT FROM SPACE15 AUSTRALIAN CLIMATE SERVICES FOR DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; 16 DROUGHT MONITORING FOR FAMINE RELIEF IN AFRICA; 17 DROUGHT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LAST 1, 000+ YEARS: SOME SURPRISING IMPLICATIONS; PART IV IMPACTS AND ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; 18 DROUGHT: PERVASIVE IMPACTS OF A CREEPING PHENOMENON; 19 ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF DROUGHT ON AGRICULTURE; 20 COMPUTING DROUGHT SEVERITY AND FORECASTING ITS FUTURE IMPACT ON GRAZING IN A GIS; 21 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DROUGHT HAZARD IN MOROCCO. 22 THE ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF DROUGHT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA23 CANADIAN PRAIRIE DROUGHT IMPACTS AND EXPERIENCES; 24 THE IMPACTS OF DROUGHT IN CHINA: RECENT EXPERIENCES; 25 DROUGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE 1980-94 PERIOD; 26 THE DROUGHT OF 1991-5 IN SOUTHERN SPAIN: ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC REPERCUSSIONS, AND RESPONSE MEASURES; 27 THE VIRGIN LANDS SCHEME IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION; Index; Droughts Vol. 2; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of plates; List of tables; List of boxes; PART V ADJUSTMENT AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES. 28 EFFECTIVE DROUGHT MITIGATION: LINKING MICRO AND MACRO LEVELS29 PRODUCTIVE WATER POINTS AS A MEANS OF COPING WITH DROUGHT; 30 RESPONSE STRATEGIES OF LOCAL FARMERS IN INDIA; 31 ADAPTATION TO DROUGHT IN MEXICO; 32 AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINED AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; 33 'SHE'LL BE RIGHT, MATE'. COPING WITH DROUGHT: STRATEGIES OLD AND NEW IN AUSTRALIA; 34 MANAGING SUPPLY VARIABILITY: THE USE OF WATER BANKS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES; PART VI DROUGHT MANAGEMENT: MITIGATION, PREPAREDNESS, AND POLICY; 35 PREPARING FOR DROUGHT: A METHODOLOGY.
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2000
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.34/929; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography; Droughts; Droughts; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Droughts; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317854234; 1317854233
• Related ISBNs: 9780415168335; 0415168333; 9780415168342; 0415168341; 9780415214186; 0415214181
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 1, 2016).
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