Drought : science and policy /

This book describes the progress made in our understanding of severe drought and explains how we can deal with-and even avoid-complete devastation brought on by such punishing events. It brings forward advanced knowledge on drought hazard analysis and management, particularly from EU-funded research...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Iglesias, Ana (Editor ), Assimacopoulos, Dionysis, 1950- (Editor ), Lanen, Henny A. J. van, 1952- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2019.
Colección:Hydrometeorological extreme events.
Temas:
Droughts.
Sécheresses.
drought.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Droughts
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • Series Preface
  • The Series Editor
  • Philippe Quevauviller
  • List of Contributors
  • Part One: Understanding Drought as a Natural Hazard
  • Chapter 1.1: Diagnosis of Drought-Generating Processes
  • 1.1.1 Introduction
  • 1.1.2 Background
  • 1.1.3 Climate drivers of drought
  • 1.1.4 Soil moisture drought processes
  • 1.1.5 Hydrological drought processes (Groundwater and streamflow)
  • 1.1.6 Drought propagation
  • 1.1.7 Concluding remarks and outlook
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 1.2: Recent Trends in Historical Drought
  • 1.2.1 Introduction
  • 1.2.2 Trend analysis and data
  • 1.2.3 Trends in river flow across Europe
  • 1.2.4 Discussion
  • 1.2.5 Conclusions
  • Future needs
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 1.3: Historic Drought from Archives: Beyond the Instrumental Record
  • 1.3.1 Introduction
  • 1.3.2 Methodology
  • 1.3.3 United Kingdom
  • 1.3.4 France: Ile-de-France
  • 1.3.5 Valley of the Upper Rhine (Germany, Switzerland, France)
  • 1.3.6 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 1.4: Future Drought
  • 1.4.1 Introduction
  • 1.4.2 Overview of studies
  • 1.4.3 Assessment of future hydrological drought
  • 1.4.4 Human influences on future drought
  • 1.4.5 Uncertainties in future drought
  • 1.4.6 Conclusions
  • Future needs
  • 1.4.6.2 Future needs
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Part Two: Vulnerability, Risk, and Policy
  • Chapter 2.5: On the Institutional Framework for Drought Planning and Early Action
  • 2.5.1 Introduction
  • 2.5.2 Drought planning and water resources planning
  • 2.5.3 A code for best practices: early action and risk management plans
  • 2.5.4 Institutions involved in drought planning
  • 2.5.5 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 2.6: Indicators of Social Vulnerability to Drought
  • 2.6.1 Introduction
  • 2.6.2 Theoretical framework.
  • 2.6.3 Selection of policy-relevant variables
  • 2.6.3.2 Composite indicator of drought vulnerability (weighting and aggregation)
  • 2.6.4 Application: Drought risk assessment in Latin America
  • References
  • Chapter 2.7: Drought Vulnerability Under Climate Change: A Case Study in La Plata Basin
  • 2.7.1 Introduction
  • 2.7.2 Methods
  • 2.7.3 Results and discussion
  • 2.7.4 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 2.8: Drought Insurance
  • 2.8.1 Introduction
  • 2.8.2 Main difficulties and challenges in developing drought insurance
  • 2.8.3 Types of drought insurance
  • 2.8.4 Drought indemnity-based insurance
  • 2.8.5 Drought index-based insurance
  • 2.8.6 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Part Three: Drought Management Experiences and Links to Stakeholders
  • Chapter 3.9: Drought and Water Management in The Netherlands
  • 3.9.1 General context
  • 3.9.2 Drought risk and mitigation
  • 3.9.3 Conclusions
  • Future needs
  • References
  • Chapter 3.10: Improving Drought Preparedness in Portugal
  • 3.10.1 Local context
  • 3.10.2 Current approach to drought monitoring and management
  • 3.10.3 Improving drought preparedness and drought management
  • 3.10.4 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 3.11: Drought Management in the Po River Basin, Italy
  • 3.11.1 General context
  • 3.11.2 Drought risk and mitigation
  • 3.11.3 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 3.12: Experiences in Proactive and Participatory Drought Planning and Management in the Jucar River Basin, Spain
  • 3.12.1 Introduction
  • 3.12.2 Droughts characterisation
  • 3.12.3 Methods for drought vulnerability and risk assessment
  • 3.12.4 Proactive and participatory drought management
  • 3.12.5 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 3.13: Drought Risk and Management in Syros, Greece
  • 3.13.1 Introduction
  • 3.13.2 Droughts in Syros.
  • 3.13.3 Drought risk and mitigation
  • 3.13.4 Lessons learnt
  • the need for participatory drought management
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Index
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