Integrated Drought Management Volume 1

<p>The first volume of this comprehensive global perspective on Integrated Drought Management is focused on understanding drought causes and the assessment of drought impacts. It explains different types of drought: agricultural meteorological hydrological and socioeconomic droughts their indices and the impact of climate change on drought. The volume also examines spatiotemporal analysis of drought variability and patterns assessment and drought evaluation. With numerous case studies from India Mexico Turkey Brazil US and other countries this volume serves as a valuable resource for all readers who want to advance their knowledge on drought and risk management. </p><p><strong>Features:</strong></p><li>Provides a global perspective on drought prediction and management and a synthesis of the recent state of knowledge.</li><li>Covers a wide range of topics from essential concepts and advanced techniques for forecasting and modeling drought to societal impacts consequences and planning.</li><li>Presents numerous case studies with different management approaches from different regions and countries. </li><li>Addresses how climate change impacts drought the increasing challenges associated with managing drought decision making and policy implications. </li><li>Includes contributions from hundreds of experts around the world.</li><p>Professionals researchers academics and postgraduate students with knowledge in environmental sciences ecology agriculture forestry hydrology water resources engineering and earth sciences as well as those interested in how climate change impacts drought management will gain new insights from the experts featured in this two-volume handbook.</p>