Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions (eBook)

1. Introduction PART I: Agronomy, Irrigation Technology, and Water Supply 2. Adapting Irrigated Agriculture to Drought in the San Joaquin Valley of California 3. Impact of Drought on Adelaide’s Water Supply System: Past, Present and Future4. Living with Drought in the Irrigated Agriculture of the Ebro Basin (Spain): Structural and Water Management Actions5. Irrigation and Drought in a Southern Australian Climate that is Arid, Variable, and Changing6. Irrigation Associations Coping with Drought: The Case of Four Irrigation Districts in Eastern Spain7. Crop Choices with Limiting Water Supplies: Deficit Irrigation and Sensitive Crop Growth Stages8. Drought Adaptation Measures and Risk Tolerance of Commercial, Small-Scale and Subsistence Maize Farmers in the Free State and Northwest Province of South AfricaPART II: Ecological Impacts of Drought 9. Impacts of Water Scarcity and Drought on Iberian Aquatic Ecosystems10. Ecological Responses and Interactions with Drought in the Southwestern United States11. Agriculture, Water Mismanagement and Ecosystem Transformations in the Cuatrociénegas Valley in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico12. The Murray-Darling Basin:  Ecosystem Response to Drought and Climate Change PART III: Hydrology and Water Resource Systems 13. Drought Planning and Management in the Júcar River Basin, Spain14. Drought as a Catalyst for Change: A Case Study of the Steenkoppies Dolomitic Aquifer15. Evaluation of Groundwater Flow System Functioning in Mexico to Reduce Drought Impacts 16. Drought and Climate Change in the Murray-Darling Basin: A Hydrological Perspective17. Climate Change Impacts on California’s Water ResourcesPART IV: Economic Considerations and Drought 18. Water Scarcity and Droughts in Spain: Impacts and Policy Measures19. Modeling Economic-Engineering Responses to Drought – The California Case20. Principles for Economically Efficient and Environmentally Sustainable Water Markets: The Australian Experience21. Drought Management Strategies in South Africa and the Potential for Economic Policy InstrumentsPART V: Water Management and Policy 22. Some Considerations Regarding Water Management in Mexico:  Towards an Integrated Management System23. Water Scarcity and Drought Management in the Ebro Basin 24. Responding to Extreme Drought in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia25. Potential Political Impacts in Southern California of Drought-Related Water Availability and Rate Increases26. Drought and its Role in Shaping Water Policy in AustraliaPART VI: Conclusion 27. Summaries and Considerations