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Drought 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 CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2018 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works Printed on acid-free paper International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-138-03564-5 (Hardback) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace the copyright holders of all material reproduced in this publication and apologize to copyright holders if permission to publish in this form has not been obtained. If any copyright material has not been acknowledged, please write and let us know so we may rectify in any future reprint. 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Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging‑in‑Publication Data 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 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017017957 Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com To our wives, Myra and Susan, for their ongoing support and patience 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 vii viii Contents 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

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