| Description |
1 online resource (200 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; About the Editor and Authors; Introduction; 1 History of American Droughts; Prehistoric Droughts; Historical Droughts; Recent Droughts; Summary; References; 2 Drought: Characteristics and Assessment; Introduction; Drought and Aridity; Some Drought Characteristics; Some General Thoughts on Drought Indices and Their Use; The Palmer Index; Palmer Index Applications: Examples; Patterns in Drought Development; Summary and Conclusion; References |
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3 Drought Impacts on American Agricultural ProductivityIntroduction; Data and Methods; Results and Discussion; Summary; References; 4 Drought: An Economic Perspective; Level of Analysis; Historical Analysis; Ramifications for Economic Analysis of Drought; Conclusions; References; 5 Social and Political Impacts of Drought; A Research Agenda; On Institutional Arrangements; Conclusion; References; 6 Strategies in the Event of Drought; Adjustments to Drought: Agriculture; Adjustments to Drought: Urban Areas; Interaction Among Adjustments; References |
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7 Technological Options for Crop Production in DroughtIntroduction; Options; Summary; References and Notes; 8 State and Federal Responses to the 1977 Drought; Introduction; Review of States' Responses; Review of the Federal Response; Lingering Problems and Unanswered Questions; Conclusion; References and Notes; 9 Forecasting Future Droughts: Is It Possible?; Actuarial Forecasts; Climatic Definitions; Predictability Latency and Detectability; Summary and Conclusions; References; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Droughts -- United States.
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Droughts
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429707360 |
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0429707363 |
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