Adaptive Governance of Disaster Drought and Flood in Rural Areas /

• Main Author: A. Hurlbert, Margot (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Water Governance - Concepts, Methods, and Practice,
• Subjects: Physical geography.; Environmental policy.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Agriculture.; Earth System Sciences.; Environmental Policy.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Climate Change Management and Policy.
• Physical Description: XVIII, 247 p. 30 illus., 8 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319578019
• ISSN: 2365-4961
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57801-9

This book provides a comparative analysis of policy instruments responding to climate change, drought and flood in relation to agricultural producers and their communities in four case study areas: Alberta, Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada, Coquimbo, Chile, and Mendoza, Argentina. Assessed through a lens of effectiveness, and adaptive governance, instruments advancing livelihood capitals of agricultural producers and identified and recommendations made to improve the suite of policy instruments are made.