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Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective

  • Offers an interdisciplinary perspective on drought and water scarcity in Spain, Mexico, Australia, South Africa and the United States
  • Provides detailed comparisons of drought experiences, along with expert perspectives on mitigation and water management policies
  • Enhances our understanding of interactions between the impacts of drought and the effects of mitigation and management policies on the economic consequences
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Introduction

    • Kurt Schwabe, Jose Albiac, Jeffery D. Connor, Rashid Hassan, Liliana Meza-Gonzalez
    Pages 1-21
  3. Agronomy, Irrigation Technology, and Water Supply

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
    2. Impact of Drought on Adelaide’s Water Supply System: Past, Present, and Future

      • Holger R. Maier, Fiona L. Paton, Graeme C. Dandy, Jeffery D. Connor
      Pages 41-62
    3. Living with Drought in the Irrigated Agriculture of the Ebro Basin (Spain): Structural and Water Management Actions

      • E. Playán, S. Lecina, D. Isidoro, R. Aragüés, J. M. Faci, R. Salvador et al.
      Pages 63-80
    4. Irrigation Associations Coping with Drought: The Case of Four Irrigation Districts in Eastern Spain

      • Marta García-Mollá, Carles Sanchis-Ibor, Mar Violeta Ortega-Reig, Llorenç Avellá-Reus
      Pages 101-122
  4. Ecological Impacts of Drought

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
    2. Impacts of Water Scarcity and Drought on Iberian Aquatic Ecosystems

      • Carles Ibáñez, Nuno Caiola
      Pages 169-184
  5. Hydrology and Water Resource Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
    2. Drought Planning and Management in the Júcar River Basin, Spain

      • Joaquin Andreu, Javier Ferrer-Polo, M. Angel Pérez, Abel Solera, Javier Paredes-Arquiola
      Pages 237-249
    3. Drought as a Catalyst for Change: A Case Study of the Steenkoppies Dolomitic Aquifer

      • J. T. Vahrmeijer, J. G. Annandale, K. L. Bristow, J. M. Steyn, M. Holland
      Pages 251-268
    4. Drought and Climate Change in the Murray-Darling Basin: A Hydrological Perspective

      • Mac Kirby, Francis Chiew, Mohammed Mainuddin, Bill Young, Geoff Podger, Andy Close
      Pages 281-299

About this book

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.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“This book takes a comparative approach to examine water management in five countries with a significant portion of arid landmass … . This is an excellent resource for graduate students, academics, managers, and policy makers who are interested in or who deal with arid and semi-arid regions, as well as those who simply wish to deepen their understanding of these important ecosystems. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students and above.” (R. L. Wallace, Choice, Vol. 51 (8), April, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, USA

    Kurt Schwabe

  • CITA-DGA, Department of Agricultural Economics, Agrifood Research and Technology Centre, Zaragoza, Spain

    Jose Albiac

  • CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems – Urrbrae, Glen Osmond, Australia

    Jeffery D. Connor

  • Centre for Environmental Economics and P, Agricultural Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

    Rashid M. Hassan

  • , Department of Economics, Ibero-American University, Mexico City, Mexico

    Liliana Meza González

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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