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Beyond Drought
CSIRO Publishing 2003; US$ 25.95Challenges the traditional view of drought as a natural disaster, advocating a policy approach based on risk management. more...
Drought
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 89.95Drought is one of the likely consequences of climate change in many regions of the world. Together with an increased demand for water resources to supply the world's growing population, it represents a potentially disastrous threat to water supplies, agriculture and food production, leading to famine and environmental degradation. Yet predicting drought... more...
Drought and the Human Story
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 124.95This study of the human conceptualization of drought in a global setting examines the historical record from early human society through to present day concerns to explore how and why attitudes to drought have changed and why the mitigation of its impacts has become more difficult. To offer a more lasting strategy for protection against drought, the... more...
Drought and Water Crises
CRC Press 2005; US$ 165.95How 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...
Droughts and Integrated Water Resource Management in South Asia
SAGE India 2008; US$ 17.39Droughts have formed an inseparable part of South Asian history and culture, with. tragic consequences for a region that houses the greatest number of the worlds. 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... more...
From Disaster Response to Risk Management
Springer 2006; US$ 119.99An 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...
Remote Sensing of Drought
CRC Press 2012; US$ 139.95Since 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... more...
Thirsty Country
Allen & Unwin 2008; US$ 25.40A highly informative consumer's guide to the issues concerning fresh water in Australia today and in the future. more...
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