TY - BOOK ID - 8508589 TI - Drought in arid and semi-arid regions : a multi-disciplinary and cross-country perspective PY - 2013 SN - 9400795084 9400766351 940076636X PB - Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Droughts KW - Drought management KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Meteorology & Climatology KW - Droughts. KW - Arid regions. KW - Arid lands KW - Arid zones KW - Dry lands KW - Dryland regions KW - Drylands KW - Lands, Arid KW - Regions, Arid KW - Regions, Semiarid KW - Semi-arid regions KW - Semi-arid zones KW - Semiarid regions KW - Sub-humid lands KW - Zones, Arid KW - Drought KW - Drouth KW - Drouths KW - Environment. KW - Business. KW - Management science. KW - Engineering geology. KW - Engineering KW - Foundations. KW - Hydraulics. KW - Climate change. KW - Environmental economics. KW - Climate Change. KW - Environmental Economics. KW - Business and Management, general. KW - Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. KW - Geology. KW - Weather KW - Extreme environments KW - Climatic changes. KW - Hydraulic engineering. KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change KW - Climate change science KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic changes KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Engineering, Hydraulic KW - Fluid mechanics KW - Hydraulics KW - Shore protection KW - Trade KW - Economics KW - Management KW - Commerce KW - Industrial management KW - Environmental quality KW - Environmental aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - Engineering—Geology. KW - Flow of water KW - Water KW - Hydraulic engineering KW - Jets KW - Architecture KW - Building KW - Structural engineering KW - Underground construction KW - Caissons KW - Earthwork KW - Masonry KW - Soil consolidation KW - Soil mechanics KW - Walls KW - Civil engineering KW - Geology, Economic KW - Quantitative business analysis KW - Problem solving KW - Operations research KW - Statistical decision KW - Flow KW - Distribution KW - Details KW - Geology KW - Global environmental change UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8508589 AB - 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 mitigating or coping with the effects of drought requires an understanding of the biophysical aspects of drought, including the hydrologic and ecologic elements, as well as the technical, economic, and policy aspects.  Therefore, the editors have gathered an international group of expert contributors from a wide span of disciplines, including agronomy, ecology, economics, hydrology and irrigation technology. The book arises from a 2010 conference entitled International Drought Symposium: Integrating Science and Policy, which was organized by the Water Science and Policy Center at the University of California-Riverside.   The contents are organized in broad sections: Agronomy, Irrigation Technology, and Water Supply; Ecological Impacts of Drought; Hydrology and Water Resource Systems; Economic Considerations and Drought and Water Management and Policy. The concluding section provides an in-depth comparison of drought experiences, descriptions and methods highlighting different approaches and experiences from integral disciplines across a multitude of countries. It is the editors’ intention to enhance our understanding of the ways that physical, institutional and economic factors impact the effectiveness of one policy instrument relative to another.   Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective goes a long way toward improving our fundamental understanding of the interactions between physical impacts of drought, and the effectiveness of mitigation policies on the economic consequences of droughts. ER -