This volume includes over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world. It examines numerous management strategies for dealing with drought and scarcity. These strategies include management approaches for different regions, such as coastal, urban, rural, and agricultural areas. It offers multiple strategies for monitoring, assessing, and forcasting drought through the use of remote sensing and GIS tools. It also presents drought mitigation management strategies, such as groundwater management, rainwater harvesting, conservations practices, and more.
"This volume include over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world.
The first chapter of the book provides the historical background information pertaining to the world's water and sanitation problems; the second chapter documents the problems, explores the issues, and presents potential solutions for ...
Drought Risk Management: A Strategic Approach. Paris, France: UNESCO. Silva, C.M., Sousa, V., and Carvalho, N.V. (2014). Evaluation of rainwater harvesting in Portugal: application to single-family residences.
Principles of Drought and Water Scarcity
The Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation: Case Studies and Application Examples will be an important tool for education, research and technical works in the soil, water and watershed management area, and will be highly useful for ...
promising paradigm for dealing with water–food–energy–environment nexus challenges. At the practical, operational level we ... Cathcart M. (2009), The Water Dreamers: The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent. Text Publishing Company ...
... Decolonising Blue Spaces in the Anthropocene: Freshwater Management in Aotearoa New Zealand, Palgrave Studies in Natural Resource Management. Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 283–323. Root, R.L. (2021). “Why an Indigenous ...
Handbook of Drought Indicators and Indices
This Handbook aims to expand the scope of efficient water use to include allocation of sources and quantities across uses and time, as well as integrating demand-management with supply-side substitutes.
This new edition emphasizes the paradigm shift from managing disasters to managing risk, reflecting the global emphasis that has evolved in recent years, a new focus that shines light on preparedness strategies and the tools and methods ...