Mitigating Droughts and Floods in Agriculture : Policy Lessons and Approaches.

Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, notably of droughts and floods to which the agriculture sector is particularly exposed. While agricultural productivity growth and policy development have allowed to better cope with these risks and reduce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: (OECD), Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : IWA Publishing, 2016.
Colección:OECD Report Series.
Temas:
Water-supply, Agricultural > Management.
Drought management.
Floodplain management.
Climatic changes.
Sustainable agriculture.
Eau > Approvisionnement agricole > Gestion.
Gestion de la sécheresse.
Plaines inondables > Gestion.
Climat > Changements.
Agriculture durable.
climate change.
sustainable agriculture (discipline)
Water supply & treatment.
Climatic changes
Drought management
Floodplain management
Sustainable agriculture
Water-supply, Agricultural > Management
Environmental science, engineering & technology.
Industrial applications of scientific research & technological innovation.
Mining technology & engineering.
Environment and Ecology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Copyright; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Executive summary; Chapter 1: Characterising and measuring droughts and floods; 1.1. The meteorological, hydrological and socio-economic dimensions of drought and flood events; 1.2. Assessing and characterising drought and flood risks; 1.3. Assessing the costs of droughts and floods to agriculture and other sectors; Notes; References; Annex 1.A1: Statistical theory of extreme values; Chapter 2: The economics of droughts and floods in agriculture; 2.1. The economics of risks in agriculture.
  • 2.2. Market failures related to water-related risks2.3. Droughts and floods: Catastrophic risks and incomplete insurance markets; 2.4. Market failures, vulnerability and resilience to droughts and floods; 2.5. Policy and market drivers affecting vulnerability of agriculture to droughts and floods; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Policy approaches for the sustainable management of droughts and floods in agriculture; 3.1. Water risk mitigation policies: Droughts; 3.2. Water risk mitigation policies: Floods; 3.3. Compensation and insurance policies against droughts and floods.
  • 3.4. Comparing policy approaches to droughts and floods in agriculture in Australia, Canada, France, Spain, and United KingdomNotes; References; Annex 3.A1: Drought and flood prevention policies in OECD countries; Annex 3.A2: Synoptic tables of the main characteristics of policy approaches to droughts and floods in agriculture: Australia, Canada, France, Spain and United Kingdom.

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