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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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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Schwabe, Kurt. (Editor), Albiac, Jose. (Editor), Connor, Jeffery D. (Editor), Hassan, Rashid M. (Editor), Meza Gonzl̀ez, Liliana. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Subjects:
Environmental sciences.
Hydraulic engineering.
Climatic changes.
Economics.
Environmental economics.
Environment.
Climate Change.
Environmental Economics.
Economics/Management Science, general.
Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6636-5
Table of Contents:
  • 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<U+0019>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 Cuatrociňegas 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 Jc͠ar 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<U+0019>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 <U+0013> 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.

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