| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
2012-2013 Springer E-Books - Earth & Environmental Sciences
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| 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'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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Environmental sciences |
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Hydraulic engineering |
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Climatic changes |
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Environmental economics |
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Climate Change |
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Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics |
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klimaatverandering |
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climatic change |
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milieueconomie |
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civiele techniek |
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civil engineering |
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bedrijfswetenschap |
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management science |
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milieu |
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environment |
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Water Management (General) |
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Waterbeheer (algemeen) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 19, 2013) |
| Subject |
Droughts.
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Drought management.
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drought.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Drought management
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Droughts
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schwabe, Kurt
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| ISBN |
9789400766365 |
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940076636X |
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9400766351 |
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9789400766358 |
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