Urban Drought

Author : Cecilia Tortajada,James Horne,Larry Wallace Harrington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780429683541

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Urban Resilience to Droughts and Floods by Cecilia Tortajada,James Horne,Larry Wallace Harrington Pdf

This book focuses on policies and governance on how to build the resilience of cities to droughts and floods in the short-, medium-, and long-term. There are discussions on how cities prepare for, cope with, learn from, manage, and recover from these extreme events. The chapters also consider aspects such as changing paradigms, policy responses under uncertainty, scenario development, institutional responses, adaptive forecasting, governance perspectives, infrastructure development, overall investments, and technological innovation. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction are discussed at length. Most of the cities and regions studied are in Asia, however, cities from Oceania, Europe, Africa, and North America are also included. Analyses are not limited to cities but to the basins and regions from which urban populations obtain their resources, and on which their resilience depends. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.

Author : Bhaswati Ray,Rajib Shaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789811089473

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Urban Drought by Bhaswati Ray,Rajib Shaw Pdf

This book presents water insecurity issues in urban areas while developing a water security index and explores the innovative approaches to water development and management with examples from Asian cities. The urban water crisis is a global phenomenon, but it is more obvious in the megacities of the developing world. Urban drought, although not a familiar term, will pose a significant threat to humankind in the near future, especially in the context of increasing population in cities. Many cities are already unable to provide safe, clean water for their citizens. Some of the world’s largest cities depend heavily on groundwater for their water supply. It is unlikely that dependence on aquifers, which take many years to recharge, will be sustainable. As urban populations grow, water use will need to shift from agriculture to municipal and industrial uses, making decisions about allocating between different sectors difficult. Inefficient water-use practices by households and industries, fragmented management of water between sectors and institutions, climate-induced water shortages, environmental degradation of water sources, and inadequate use of alternate sources are also issues of major concern. Despite recent advances in the literature, there exists a considerable gap in attempting an integrated water-resource management approach. Covering all aspects of urban drought and water insecurity, this book is a valuable resource for students, researchers, academics, policy makers, and development practitioners.

Author : Saeid Eslamian,Faezeh A. Eslamian
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351851145

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Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity by Saeid Eslamian,Faezeh A. Eslamian Pdf

This volume includes over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world. It examines numerous management strategies for dealing with drought and scarcity. These strategies include management approaches for different regions, such as coastal, urban, rural, and agricultural areas. It offers multiple strategies for monitoring, assessing, and forcasting drought through the use of remote sensing and GIS tools. It also presents drought mitigation management strategies, such as groundwater management, rainwater harvesting, conservations practices, and more.

Author : Perets Dar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Droughts
ISBN : UCR:31210025046531

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Contingency Planning for Urban Drought by Perets Dar Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Municipal water supply
ISBN : UCR:31210009331024

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Urban Drought Guidebook by Anonim Pdf

Author : Donald Wilhite,Roger S. Pulwarty
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351967518

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Drought and Water Crises by Donald Wilhite,Roger S. Pulwarty Pdf

Over the past decade there have been extraordinary advances towards drought risk reduction with the development of new water-conserving technologies, and new tools for planning, vulnerability and impact assessment, mitigation, and policy. Drought and Water Crises: Integrating Science, Management, and Policy, Second Edition comprehensively captures this evolving progress as it discusses drought management in the light of present risks, global climate change and public policy actions. This new edition emphasizes the paradigm shift from managing disasters to managing risk, reflecting the global emphasis that has evolved in recent years, a new focus that shines light on preparedness strategies and the tools and methods that are essential in drought risk reduction. The book provides additional relevant case studies that integrate this new approach and discusses examples applied in both developed and developing countries.

Author : Speed, Robert,Tickner, David,Lei Gang,Sayers, Paul,Wei Yu,Li Yuanyuan,Moncrieff, Catherine,Pegram, Guy,Li Jianqiang,Xu Xiangyu,Li Aihua,Qiu Bing
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231000942

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Drought risk management: a strategic approach by Speed, Robert,Tickner, David,Lei Gang,Sayers, Paul,Wei Yu,Li Yuanyuan,Moncrieff, Catherine,Pegram, Guy,Li Jianqiang,Xu Xiangyu,Li Aihua,Qiu Bing Pdf

Author : Richard A. Warrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Droughts
ISBN : UOM:39015004620079

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Drought Hazard in the United States by Richard A. Warrick Pdf

Author : Jonathan Barnett,Matthijs Bouw
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781642832006

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Managing the Climate Crisis by Jonathan Barnett,Matthijs Bouw Pdf

Natural disasters from heat waves to coastal and river flooding will inevitably become worse because of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere. Managing them is possible, but planners, designers, and policymakers need to advance adaptation and preventative measures now. Managing the Climate Crisis: Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought and Wildfire by design and planning experts Jonathan Barnett and Matthijs Bouw is a practical guide to addressing this urgent national security problem. Barnett and Bouw draw from the latest scientific findings and include many recent, real-world examples to illustrate how to manage seven climate-related threats: flooding along coastlines, river flooding, flash floods from extreme rain events, drought, wildfire, long periods of high heat, and food shortages.

Author : Ross Mervyn Dodt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Drought relief
ISBN : OCLC:221231315

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Drought and Drought Aid - on Urban Perspective by Ross Mervyn Dodt Pdf

Author : Erwin De Nys,Nathan Engle,Antônio Rocha Magalhães
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781498765671

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Drought in Brazil by Erwin De Nys,Nathan Engle,Antônio Rocha Magalhães Pdf

Drought is a slow-onset natural hazard that is often referred to as a creeping phenomenon. The challenge of monitoring drought’s onset and evolution, and identifying its termination or end is one that scientists, natural resource managers, and decision makers have been struggling with for decades. However, drought management must be aimed at reducing the risks of future drought events on economies, the environment, and the social fabric of regions. As with many countries, droughts are often managed as a crisis in Brazil, rather than events for which officials and communities proactively prepare. Although droughts are not new to Brazil, the recent spate of droughts in the poverty stricken semi-arid Northeast and the industrial hub of São Paulo in the Southeast has forced the country to think more seriously about finally changing its drought policies and management approaches. The book is told through the perspectives of the ministers and secretaries, state policy and technical officials, civil society organizations, and development practitioners that helped to facilitate the shift in paradigm in Brazil from crisis management and towards proactive management of droughts. It is written in a style that is appealing to both technical and non-technical audiences, and aims to provide a framework and lessons for other countries to consider when embarking upon similar efforts to improve their own drought policy and management systems.

Author : Giuseppe Rossi,Teodoro Vega,Brunella Bonaccorso
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402059247

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Methods and Tools for Drought Analysis and Management by Giuseppe Rossi,Teodoro Vega,Brunella Bonaccorso Pdf

Frequent drought events have recently occurred in different Mediterranean regions. These have highlighted a general inadequacy of the current strategies applied to mitigate negative impacts of such phenomenon. This book provides various methods of drought monitoring at different spatial scales, as well as innovative drought forecasting techniques based on stochastic approaches. Besides common drought indices (i.e. SPI), new agrometeorological indices are proposed.

Author : Saeid Eslamian,Faezeh A. Eslamian
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 931 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351851169

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Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity by Saeid Eslamian,Faezeh A. Eslamian Pdf

This volume includes over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world. It examines the environmental aspects of drought such as groundwater and soil contamination, river low-flow, urban water quality, and desertification. It also examines the effects of climate change and variability on drought, and discusses the differences in groundwater, rainfall, and temperatures and their related effects. It presents analytical modeling for better understanding drought in uncertain and changing climates.

Author : Enrique Cabrera,Jorge García-Serra
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0792352947

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Drought Management Planning in Water Supply Systems by Enrique Cabrera,Jorge García-Serra Pdf

During the past decade many countries in the world have experienced droughts, with severe impacts on water urban supply systems. Because droughts are natural phenomena, water utilities must design and implement drought management plans. This topic was selected for the International Course on Drought Management Planning in Water Supply Systems, which took place in Valencia, Spain, on 9-12 December 1997, and was hosted by the Universidad Internacional Menéndez y Pelayo (UIMP). The contributions in this book have been carefully selected and presented in four sections: Introduction Water Supply Systems Modernization Drought Management in an Urban Context Practical Cases (Israel, USA, Italy, Spain) To achieve a well-balanced approach, authors were invited from academia as well as from consultancies and water utilities, and have wide experience in the subject. The book is mainly aimed at water supply engineers, working in utilities and consultancies.

Author : Benedykt Dziegielewski,John Boland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Droughts
ISBN : UIUC:30112029021190

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The Evaluation of Drought Management Measures for Municipal and Industrial Water Supply by Benedykt Dziegielewski,John Boland Pdf