ABSTRACT
Droughts and their management are a serious challenge to water resource professionals. While droughts predominate in arid regions, their frequency and severity in more temperate regions with more abundant rainfall have been on the rise. Drought Management and Planning for Water Resources provides an essential collection of planning and management t
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|27 pages
Background
part 2|66 pages
Prediction
chapter Chapter 3|13 pages
Global Prospects for the Prediction of Drought: A Meteorological Perspective
part 3|68 pages
Monitoring and Early Warning
chapter Chapter 8|16 pages
Surface Weather Monitoring and the Development of Drought and Other Climate Information Delivery Systems
chapter Chapter 9|17 pages
Agroclimatic Monitoring During the Growing Season in Semiarid Regions of Africa
part 4|131 pages
Impact Assessment
chapter Chapter 14|25 pages
Assessing Drought Impacts and Adjustments in Agriculture and Water Resource Systems
chapter Chapter 15|31 pages
Climate Impact Assessment in Central and Eastern Kenya: Notes on Methodology
chapter Chapter 17|10 pages
Food Shortages Assessment and Prediction: Methods of the Early Warning System of Ethiopia
chapter Chapter 18|11 pages
Would Better Information from an Early Warning System Improve African Food Security?
part 5|53 pages
Special Papers
part 6|73 pages
Adaptation and Adjustment
chapter Chapter 22|21 pages
Adaptation and Adjustments in Drought-Prone Areas: an Overview—South Australian Study
chapter Chapter 23|18 pages
Technological and Sociopolitical Adaptation and Adjustment to Drought: The Indian Experience
chapter Chapter 24|13 pages
Perceptions of Drought in the Ogallala Aquifer Region of the Western U.S. Great Plains
part 7|80 pages
Planning and Response by Government
chapter Chapter 25|20 pages
The Role of Government in Planning for Drought: Where Do We Go from Here?
chapter Chapter 29|14 pages
Interaction between Scientist and Layman in the Perception and Assessment of Drought: South Africa
part 8|21 pages
The Role of Donor Organizations in Responding to Drought and Famine
part 9|6 pages
Summary Address
part 10|53 pages
Workshop Summary
