Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective /
Offering a cross-country examination and comparison of drought awareness and experience, this book shows how scientists, water managers, and policy makers approach drought and water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions of Spain, Mexico, Australia, South Africa and the United States. Efficiently...
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| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 1. Introduction
- PART I: Agronomy, Irrigation Technology, and Water Supply
- 2. Adapting Irrigated Agriculture to Drought in the San Joaquin Valley of California
- 3. Impact of Drought on Adelaide’s Water Supply System: Past, Present and Future
- 4. Living with Drought in the Irrigated Agriculture of the Ebro Basin (Spain): Structural and Water Management Actions
- 5. Irrigation and Drought in a Southern Australian Climate that is Arid, Variable, and Changing
- 6. Irrigation Associations Coping with Drought: The Case of Four Irrigation Districts in Eastern Spain
- 7. Crop Choices with Limiting Water Supplies: Deficit Irrigation and Sensitive Crop Growth Stages
- 8. Drought Adaptation Measures and Risk Tolerance of Commercial, Small-Scale and Subsistence Maize Farmers in the Free State and Northwest Province of South Africa
- PART II: Ecological Impacts of Drought
- 9. Impacts of Water Scarcity and Drought on Iberian Aquatic Ecosystems
- 10. Ecological Responses and Interactions with Drought in the Southwestern United States
- 11. Agriculture, Water Mismanagement and Ecosystem Transformations in the Cuatrociénegas Valley in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico
- 12. The Murray-Darling Basin: Ecosystem Response to Drought and Climate Change
- PART III: Hydrology and Water Resource Systems
- 13. Drought Planning and Management in the Júcar River Basin, Spain
- 14. Drought as a Catalyst for Change: A Case Study of the Steenkoppies Dolomitic Aquifer
- 15. Evaluation of Groundwater Flow System Functioning in Mexico to Reduce Drought Impacts
- 16. Drought and Climate Change in the Murray-Darling Basin: A Hydrological Perspective
- 17. Climate Change Impacts on California’s Water Resources
- PART IV: Economic Considerations and Drought
- 18. Water Scarcity and Droughts in Spain: Impacts and Policy Measures
- 19. Modeling Economic-Engineering Responses to Drought – The California Case
- 20. Principles for Economically Efficient and Environmentally Sustainable Water Markets: The Australian Experience
- 21. Drought Management Strategies in South Africa and the Potential for Economic Policy Instruments
- PART V: Water Management and Policy
- 22. Some Considerations Regarding Water Management in Mexico: Towards an Integrated Management System
- 23. Water Scarcity and Drought Management in the Ebro Basin
- 24. Responding to Extreme Drought in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
- 25. Potential Political Impacts in Southern California of Drought-Related Water Availability and Rate Increases
- 26. Drought and its Role in Shaping Water Policy in Australia
- PART VI: Conclusion
- 27. Summaries and Considerations.
