Drought and Drought Mitigation in Europe

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Introduction

      • J. V. Vogt, F. Somma

      Pages 3-5

   3. Drought Events in Europe

      • R. B. Bradford

      Pages 7-20

3. Drought Definition

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Drought Definition: A Hydrological Perspective

      • E. L. Tate, A. Gustard

      Pages 23-48

   3. Definition, Effects and Assessment of Groundwater Droughts

      • H. A. J. Van Lanen, E. Peters

      Pages 49-61

   4. Agricultural Drought — A Practical Approach to Definition, Assessment and Mitigation Strategies

      • G. Maracchi

      Pages 63-75

4. Drought Risk

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Drought Risk in a Changing Environment

      • T. E. Downing, K. Bakker

      Pages 79-90

   3. Synoptic Situations Causing Drought in the Mediterranean Basin

      • P. Maheras

      Pages 91-102

   4. Streamflow Drought Frequency Analysis

      • L. M. Tallaksen

      Pages 103-117

   5. Drought Preparedness in The United States: Recent Progress

      • D. A. Wilhite

      Pages 119-131

   6. The Estimation of Drought Risk in Europe from Soil and Climatic Data

      • R. J. A. Jones, P. Zdruli, L. Montanarella

      Pages 133-146

5. Drought Monitoring

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Drought Monitoring and Assessment: Status and Trends in the United States

      • D. A. Wilhite, M. J. Hayes, M. D. Svoboda

      Pages 149-160

   3. Comparison of Two Drought Indices for Drought Monitoring in Hungary — A Case Study

      • S. Szalai, Cs. Szinell

      Pages 161-166

   4. Drought Monitoring from Space

      • J. V. Vogt, S. Niemeyer, F. Somma, I. Beaudin, A. A. Viau

      Pages 167-183

   5. Scale Issues in Drought Monitoring

      • A. A. Viau, J. V. Vogt

      Pages 185-193

6. Drought Impact

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Drought is one of the major natural hazards, resulting in significant economic, social, and environmental costs. In Europe, water shortage is an important problem in many regions. However, despite the increasing awareness of this hazard, there is no European drought policy and institutional frameworks to cope with drought situations are only weakly developed.
This book is dedicated to furthering our understanding of the drought problem in Europe and to discussing policy and management options to mitigate its impacts. It covers aspects from the detection of water stress to the planning of mitigation strategies. The contributions are written by recognised experts in their field and represent a unique collection of papers on the topic.
Audience: The book will be of benefit to scientists, managers, and politicians involved in problems related to water management, risk assessment, and spatial planning. Students in Earth Sciences, especially in geography, climatology, hydrology, and agriculture, will find useful material in this collection of papers.

• Climatology
• Scale
• groundwater
• hydrology
• remote sensing
• hydrogeology
• ecotoxicology

• Space Applications Institute, JRC, Ispra, Italy

  Jürgen V. Vogt

• Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Catania, Italy

  Francesca Somma

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