Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions : A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective /

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Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Schwabe, Kurt. (Editor ), Albiac, Jose. (Editor ), Connor, Jeffery D. (Editor ), Hassan, Rashid M. (Editor ), Meza González, Liliana. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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650 0 |a Hydraulics. 
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650 2 4 |a Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. 
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700 1 |a Connor, Jeffery D.  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Hassan, Rashid M.  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Meza González, Liliana.  |e editor. 
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