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Drought assessment, management, and planning : theory and case studies
- Title
- Drought assessment, management, and planning : theory and case studies / edited by Donald A. Wilhite.
- Publication
- Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1993.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Wilhite, Donald A.
- Description
- xi, 293 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Natural resource management and policy
- Uniform Title
- Natural resource management and policy
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine derived contents note: Preface. Part One: Theory. 1. The Enigma of Drought; D.A. Wilhite. 2. Monitoring Regional Drought Conditions; K.G. Hubbard. 3. The Role of NOAA Satellite Data in Drought Early Warning and Monitoring: Selected Case Studies; G.E. Johnson, V. Rao Achutuni, S. Thiruvengadachari, F. Kogan. 4. Assessing the Regional Consequences of Drought: Putting the MINK Methodology to Work on Today's Problems; W.E. Easterling. 5. Agricultural Drought Management Strategies to Alleviate Impacts: Examples from the Arid and Subhumid Regions of the Indian Subcontinent; A.S.R.A.S. Sastri. 6. Planning for Drought: a Methodology; D.A. Wilhite. 7. Implications of Global Warming for Climate Variability and the Occurrence of Extreme Climate Events; L.O. Mearns. Part Two: Case Studies. 8. Drought Risk and Water Management in Israel: Planning for the Future; H.J. Bruins. 9. Indian Drought Management: from Vulnerability to Resilience; A.R. Subbiah. 10. Drought and Policy Responses in the Brazilian Northeast; A. Rocha Magalhês. 11. Drought Policy in the Republic of South Africa; J.J. Bruwer. 12. Drought in Australia: Prediction, Monitoring, Management, and Policy; D. White, D. Collins, M. Howden. 13. Drought Mitigation in the United States: Progress by State Government; D.A. Wilhite, S.L. Rhodes. 14. Institutional Responses to the 1987-92 California Drought; J. Rich. 15. Drought in China: Present Impacts and Future Needs; Kerang Li, Xianchao Lin. Index.
- ISBN
- 0792393376
- 9780792393375
- LCCN
- 93022111
- OCLC
- ocm27641761
- 27641761
- SCSB-1986871
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library