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Drought : an interdisciplinary perspective / Benjamin I. Cook.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2019Description: x, 215 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780231176880
  • 9780231176897
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577.2/2 23
LOC classification:
  • QC929.24 COO
Contents:
Preface1. Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle and Drought2. Global Hydroclimatology3. Drought in the Climate System4. Drought and Hydroclimate in the Holocene5. Climate Change and Drought6. Case Studies: The Dust Bowl and Sahel Droughts7. Land Degradation and Desertification8. Groundwater and Irrigation Glossary References Index
Summary: "This book brings together climate science, hydrology, and ecology to provide a synthetic overview of drought and its environmental and social consequences. A complex phenomenon at the intersection of a range of disciplines and public policy issues, drought is one of the many problems anthropogenic climate change may exacerbate. A scientifically comprehensive and approachable overview of water issues throughout the world, this book is an essential resource for a broad range of studies in earth science and environmental and sustainability studies"--Publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index.

Preface1. Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle and Drought2. Global Hydroclimatology3. Drought in the Climate System4. Drought and Hydroclimate in the Holocene5. Climate Change and Drought6. Case Studies: The Dust Bowl and Sahel Droughts7. Land Degradation and Desertification8. Groundwater and Irrigation Glossary References Index

"This book brings together climate science, hydrology, and ecology to provide a synthetic overview of drought and its environmental and social consequences. A complex phenomenon at the intersection of a range of disciplines and public policy issues, drought is one of the many problems anthropogenic climate change may exacerbate. A scientifically comprehensive and approachable overview of water issues throughout the world, this book is an essential resource for a broad range of studies in earth science and environmental and sustainability studies"--Publisher description

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