Table Of ContentDrought
and
Water Crises
Integrating Science, Management, and Policy
Drought and Water Crises
Series Editor: Donald A. Wilhite
Published Titles:
Natural Decadal Climate Variability: Societal Impacts
Vikram M. Mehta
Drought in Brazil: Proactive Management and Policy
Editors: Erwin De Nys, Nathan L. Engle, and Antônio Rocha Magalhães
Water Policy and Planning in a Variable and Changing Climate
Editors: Kathleen A. Miller, Alan F. Hamlet, Douglas S. Kenney,
and Kelly T. Redmond
Drought, Risk Management, and Policy:
Decision Making under Uncertainty
Editors: Linda Courtenay Botterill and Geoff Cockfield
Remote Sensing of Drought:
Innovative Monitoring Approaches
Editors: Brian D. Wardlow, Martha C. Anderson,
and James P. Verdin
Drought and Water Crises: Integrating Science,
Management, and Policy, Second Edition
Editors: Donald Wilhite and Roger S. Pulwarty
Drought
and
Water Crises
Integrating Science, Management, and Policy
Second Edition
Donald A. Wilhite
Roger S. Pulwarty
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Names: Wilhite, Donald A. | Pulwarty, Roger S., 1960-
Title: Drought and water crises : integrating science, management, and policy /
[edited by] Donald A. Wilhite and Roger S. Pulwarty.
Description: Second edition. | Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2018. | 1st edition
published in 2005. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017017957 | ISBN 9781138035645 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Droughts. | Water-supply--Risk assessment.
Classification: LCC QC929.24 .D75 2018 | DDC 363.34/9297--dc23
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Contents
Preface ......................................................................................................................xi
Acknowledgments ..............................................................................................xiii
Editors .....................................................................................................................xv
Contributors ........................................................................................................xvii
Section I Overview
1. Drought as Hazard: Understanding the Natural and
Social Context .........................................................................................3
Donald A. Wilhite and Roger S. Pulwarty
Section II D rought Risk Reduction: Shifting
the Paradigm from Managing
Disasters to Managing Risk
2. The High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy:
A Summary of Outcomes ............................................................................23
Mannava V. K. Sivakumar, Robert Stefanski,
Mohamed Bazza, Sergio A. Zelaya-Bonilla,
Donald A. Wilhite, and Antonio Rocha Magalhães
3. Integrated Drought Management Initiatives .........................................39
Frederik Pischke and Robert Stefanski
4. National Drought Management Policy Guidelines:
A Template for Action ..................................................................................55
Donald A. Wilhite
5. Benefits of Action and Costs of Inaction: Drought Mitigation
and Preparedness—A Literature Review ................................................95
Nicolas Gerber and Alisher Mirzabaev
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Section III Advances in Tools for Drought
Prediction, Early Warning,
Decision Support, and Management
6. Research to Advance Drought Monitoring and
Prediction Capabilities ..............................................................................127
Jin Huang, Mark D. Svoboda, Andy Wood, Siegfried Schubert,
Christa D. Peters-Lidard, Eric Wood, Roger Pulwarty, Annarita
Mariotti, and Dan Barrie
7. Drought Monitoring and Early Warning: Twenty-First Century
Advancements and Challenges................................................................141
Michael J. Hayes, Mark Svoboda, and Kelly T. Redmond
8. Handbook of Drought Indicators and Indices .....................................155
Mark D. Svoboda and Brian A. Fuchs
9. The Application of Triggers in Drought Management:
An Example from Colorado ......................................................................209
Taryn Finnessey and Nolan Doesken
10. Advancements in Satellite Remote Sensing for
Drought Monitoring ..................................................................................225
Brian D. Wardlow, Martha C. Anderson, Christopher Hain,
Wade T. Crow, Jason Otkin, Tsegaye Tadesse, and Amir AghaKouchak
11. Evapotranspiration, Evaporative Demand, and Drought...................259
Mike Hobbins, Daniel McEvoy, and Christopher Hain
12. A Role for Streamflow Forecasting in Managing Risk
Associated with Drought and Other Water Crises ..............................289
Susan M. Cuddy, Rebecca (Letcher) Kelly, Francis H. S. Chiew, Blair E.
Nancarrow, and Anthony J. Jakeman
13. Drought Mitigation: Water Conservation Tools for Short-Term
and Permanent Water Savings .................................................................307
Amy L. Vickers
14. The Role of Water Harvesting and Supplemental Irrigation in
Coping with Water Scarcity and Drought in the Dry Areas .............325
Theib Y. Oweis
Contents ix
Section IV Case Studies in Integrated Drought and
Water Management: The Role of Science,
Technology, Management, and Policy
15. Floods Punctuated by Drought: Developing an Early
Warning System for the Missouri River Basin in the Midst
of Alternating Extremes ............................................................................347
Chad McNutt, Doug Kluck, Dennis Todey, Brian A. Fuchs, Mark D.
Svoboda, and Courtney Black
16. Managing Drought in Urban Centers: Lessons from Australia .......359
Joanne Chong, Heather Cooley, Mary Ann Dickinson, Andrea Turner,
and Stuart White
17. Managing Drought and Water Scarcity in Federal
Political Systems .........................................................................................369
Dustin E. Garrick, Lucia De Stefano, and Daniel Connell
18. Drought Risk Management: Needs and Experiences in Europe ......385
Jürgen V. Vogt, Paulo Barbosa, Carmelo Cammalleri, Hugo Carrão, and
Christophe Lavaysse
19. National Drought Policy in Mexico: A Paradigm Change from
Reactive to Proactive Management .........................................................409
Mario López Pérez, Felipe I. Arreguín Cortés, and Oscar F. Ibáñez
20. Drought Risk Management in the Caribbean Community: Early
Warning Information and Other Risk Reduction Considerations ......431
Adrian Trotman, Antonio Joyette, Cedric Van Meerbeeck, Roche Mahon,
Shelly-Ann Cox, Neisha Cave, and David Farrell
21. Facilitating a Proactive Drought Management and Policy Shift:
Recent Lessons from Northeast Brazil ...................................................451
Nathan L. Engle, Erwin De Nys, and Antonio Rocha Magalhães
22. Droughts and Drought Management in the Czech Republic in a
Changing Climate ......................................................................................461
Miroslav Trnka, Rudolf Brázdil, Adam Vizina, Petr Dobrovolný, Jiří
Mikšovský, Petr Štěpánek, Petr Hlavinka, Ladislava Řezníčková, and
Zdeněk Žalud
23. Drought Planning and Management in the Iberian Peninsula ........481
Rodrigo Maia and Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
