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  • Drought and Water Crisesby Donald A. Wilhite

    CRC Press 2005; US$ 139.95

    How can the drought-related policy experiences of some countries be systematically utilized to benefit others? Drought and Water Crises collates considerable information from diverse disciplines with the goal of reducing societal vulnerability to drought. more...

  • Droughtby Michael McKernan

    Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 31.81

    The story of drought, told through the eyes of people who have lived through droughts over the more than 200 years of European settlement - a story of creativity, endurance and suffering. more...

  • From Disaster Response to Risk Managementby Linda C. Botterill; Donald A. Wilhite

    Springer 2005; US$ 149.00

    An academically focused collection of papers highlighting the successes and challenges of a move from disaster to risk management in responding to drought. The book passes on the experiences gained from Australia?s trail-blazing new policy, introduced in 1992. more...

  • Thirsty Countryby Asa Wahlquist

    Allen & Unwin 2008; US$ 25.40

    A highly informative consumer's guide to the issues concerning fresh water in Australia today and in the future. more...

  • Droughts and Integrated Water Resource Management in South Asiaby Jasveen Jairath; Vishwa Ballabh

    SAGE India 2008; US$ 17.39

    Droughts have formed an inseparable part of South Asian history and culture, with. tragic consequences for a region that houses the greatest number of the world’s. poor. However, this volume challenges the popular conception of drought, which. is presented as an absolute shortage-scarcity with respect to an implicit understanding. of the sufficiency of water. It highlights the fact that while available water. supplies may be a given quantum, droughts are differentially experienced, politically. inspired and socially constituted. It emphasises that the relative water scarcity. needs to be appreciated, and argues that water scarcity means different things. for diverse constituencies of water users. Policy prescriptions based on definitional.... more...

  • Beyond Droughtby Linda Botterill; Melanie Fisher

    CSIRO Publishing 2003; US$ 25.95

    Challenges the traditional view of drought as a natural disaster, advocating a policy approach based on risk management. more...

  • Remote Sensing of Droughtby Brian D. Wardlow

    CRC Press 2012; US$ 139.95

    Since the late 1990s, remote sensing capabilities for operational drought monitoring have greatly expanded. This book presents remote sensing-based approaches that are currently used or could be used for large-area drought monitoring. The text covers applications for vegetation condition monitoring, soil moisture and ET estimation, and precipitation estimation. Each chapter includes a literature review, a technical description of the remote sensing instrument or data and the methodology used, examples and discussion of the products and information that are derived and how they can be applied to drought monitoring, and discussion of future work and considerations for using the technique. more...

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