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Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective

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  • © 2013

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  • 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. Ecological Impacts of Drought

  2. Hydrology and Water Resource Systems

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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.

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“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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