(Drought and Water Crises)
by Vijay P. Singh, Deepak Jhajharia, Rohitashw Kumar
The second volume of this
comprehensive global perspective on Integrated Drought Management is
focused on drought modeling, meteorological prediction, and the use of
remote sensing in assessing, analyzing, and monitoring drought. It
discusses risk management, planning, policy, and societal impacts of
drought such as water pricing, water transfer, water quality, and crop
insurance. Through numerous case studies from India, Iran, Brazil, the
US, Nepal, and other countries that cover a broad range of topics and
geographical regions, this volume serves as a valuable resource for all
professionals, researchers, and academics who want to advance their
knowledge about droughts.
Features
- Provides a global perspective on drought prediction and management and a synthesis of the recent state of knowledge.
- Covers
a wide range of topics from essential concepts and advanced techniques
for forecasting and modeling drought to societal impacts,
consequences, and planning
- Presents numerous case studies with different management approaches from different regions and countries.
- Addresses
how climate change impacts drought, the increasing challenges
associated with managing drought, decision-making, and policy
implications.
- Includes contributions from hundreds of experts from around the world.
Professionals,
researchers, academics, and postgraduate students with knowledge in
environmental sciences, ecology, agriculture, forestry, hydrology,
water resources engineering, and earth sciences, as well as those
interested in how climate change impacts drought management, will gain
new insights from the experts featured in this two-volume handbook.
