LEADER 04422oam 2200721I 450 001 9910813809203321 005 20240131141512.0 010 $a1-136-54040-7 010 $a1-283-71259-8 010 $a1-84977-525-7 010 $a1-136-54041-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9781849775250 035 $a(CKB)2670000000270696 035 $a(EBL)1046811 035 $a(OCoLC)817886907 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000755528 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11496253 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755528 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10730749 035 $a(PQKB)11083866 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1046811 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1046811 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10617505 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL402509 035 $a(OCoLC)900579752 035 $a(OCoLC)678537239 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB138766 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000270696 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDrought $epast problems and future scenarios /$fJustin Sheffield and Eric F. Wood 210 1$aLondon ;$aWashington, D.C. :$cEarthscan,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84971-082-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Drought: Past Problems and Future Scenarios; Copyright; Contents; Figures, Tables, Boxes and Plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; Drought Today; Drought and Global Change; The Motivation for this Book; An Overview of the Book; Chapter 2. What is Drought?; The Hazard of Drought; Defining Drought; Chapter 3. The Science of Drought; Introduction; The Hydrological Cycle; Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Hydrology; What Causes Drought?; Summary; Chapter 4. Quantifying Drought; Introduction; Drought Data; Monitoring Drought from Space; Modelling Drought 327 $aPalaeoclimate Data: Reconstructing Drought over MillenniaQuantifying Drought: Characteristics and Indices; Summary; Chapter 5. Palaeo-drought: The Occurrence of Drought over Past Millennia; Introduction; Climate of the Holocene; Drought in the Holocene; The Last 2000 Years; The Last 1000 Years; Drought in Recent Centuries; Global Mechanisms and Connections; Summary; Chapter 6. Drought in the 20th Century; Introduction; Climate of the 20th Century; The Global Extent of 20th-Century Drought; Characteristics of Global Drought; Regional Drought over the 20th Century 327 $aGlobal Variability in Soil Moisture and Links with Large-Scale Climate VariabilityGlobal Variability in Drought and Links with Large-Scale Climate Variability; Summary; Chapter 7. Major Drought Events of the 20th Century; Introduction; North America; South America; Europe; Africa; Asia; Oceania; The Most Severe Droughts of the 20th Century; Chapter 8. Drought in the 21st Century; Introduction; Mechanisms of Changes in Drought; Climate Models, Emission Scenarios and Future Projections; Drought Estimation; Projected Future Changes in Drought; Potential Impacts of Future Drought 327 $aChapter 9. Summary and RecommendationsConclusions; Index; Plates 330 $aDrought is one of the likely consequences of climate change in many regions of the world. Together with an increased demand for water resources to supply the world's growing population, it represents a potentially disastrous threat to water supplies, agriculture and food production, leading to famine and environmental degradation. Yet predicting drought is fraught with difficulty.The aim of this book is to provide a review of the historical occurrence of global drought, particularly during the 20th century and assess the likely potential changes over the 21st century under climate change. This 606 $aDroughts$zUnited States 606 $aDrought relief$zUnited States 606 $aWater quality management 606 $aWater-supply$xManagement 615 0$aDroughts 615 0$aDrought relief 615 0$aWater quality management. 615 0$aWater-supply$xManagement. 676 $a363.34/929 700 $aSheffield$b Justin.$01129579 701 $aWood$b Eric F$019621 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813809203321 996 $aDrought$94032106 997 $aUNINA