Mapping drought patterns and impacts: a global perspective

Mapping drought patterns and impacts: a global perspective
Author: Nishadi Eriyagama
Publisher: IWMI
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2009
Genre: Droughts
ISBN: 9290907118

The study examines the global pattern and impacts of droughts through mapping several drought-related characteristics - either at a country level or at regular grid scales. It appears that arid and semi-arid areas also tend to have a higher probability of drought occurrence. It is illustrated that the African continent is lagging behind the rest of the world on many indicators related to drought-preparedness and that agricultural economies, overall, are much more vulnerable to adverse societal impacts of meteorological droughts. The study also examines the ability of various countries to satisfy their water needs during droughts using storage-related indices.

Pricing the Planet's Future

Pricing the Planet's Future
Author: Christian Gollier
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0691148767

Today, the judge, the citizen, the politician, and the entrepreneur are concerned with the sustainability of our development.

Shock Waves

Shock Waves
Author: Stephane Hallegatte
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2015-11-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1464806748

Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two objectives and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together. It examines the potential impact of climate change and climate policies on poverty reduction. It also provides guidance on how to create a “win-win†? situation so that climate change policies contribute to poverty reduction and poverty-reduction policies contribute to climate change mitigation and resilience building. The key finding of the report is that climate change represents a significant obstacle to the sustained eradication of poverty, but future impacts on poverty are determined by policy choices: rapid, inclusive, and climate-informed development can prevent most short-term impacts whereas immediate pro-poor, emissions-reduction policies can drastically limit long-term ones.

Droughts in Asian Monsoon Region

Droughts in Asian Monsoon Region
Author: Rajib Shaw
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2011-11-08
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0857248642

The Asian monsoon region is one of these areas where consecutive years of droughts are causing severe problems for the lives and livelihoods of the communities. This book outlines the characteristics and challenges of the Asian monsoon drought and highlights innovative solutions and approaches undertaken in different parts of the region.

Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
Author: Kurt Schwabe
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2013-07-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 940076636X

Offering a cross-country examination and comparison of drought awareness and experience, this book shows how scientists, water managers, and policy makers approach drought and water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions of Spain, Mexico, Australia, South Africa and the United States.

Uncharted Waters

Uncharted Waters
Author: Richard Damania
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2017
Genre: Droughts
ISBN: 9781464811791

Uncharted Waters: The New Economics of Water Scarcity

Drought Mitigation and Management

Drought Mitigation and Management
Author: S. Kumar
Publisher: Scientific Publishers
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2017-10-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9387307425

Drought is a natural hazard characterized by lower than expected or lower than normal rainfall having slow but widespread impact. This book focus on drought management and mitigation in agriculture and allied sectors. The chapters cover Basic concepts, assessment, monitoring, forecasting, early warning, vulnerability and adaptation to drought and mitigation and management strategies. Management of different land use systems under drought and finally socio economic impact and livelihood issues of drought are also focussed. It would be useful to a wide range of stakeholders, i.e. planners, researchers, students and interested public. This will also serve as text book as well as supplementary reading for courses in agronomy, ecology, geography and agro meteorology besides administration and disaster management units.

Atlas of Global Change Risk of Population and Economic Systems

Atlas of Global Change Risk of Population and Economic Systems
Author: Peijun Shi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2022
Genre: Agriculture-Economic aspects
ISBN: 9811666911

This book is open access and illustrates the spatial distribution of the global change risk of population and economic systems with the maps of environment, global climate change, global population and economic systems, and global change risk. The risks of global change are mapped at 0.25 degree grid unit. The risk results and their contribution rates of the world at national level are unprecedentedly derived and ranked. The book can be a good reference for researchers and students in the field of global climate change and natural disaster risk management, as well as risk managers and enterpriser to understand the global change risk of population and economic systems. .

North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment

North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment
Author: Markus Quante
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2016-08-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319397451

This book offers an up-to-date review of our current understanding of climate change in the North Sea and adjacent areas, as well as its impact on ecosystems and socio-economic sectors. It provides a detailed assessment of climate change based on published scientific work compiled by independent international experts from climate-related disciplines such as oceanography, atmospheric sciences, marine and terrestrial ecology, using a regional evaluation and review process similar to that of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of our changing climate, discussing a wide range of topics including past, current and future climate change, and climate-related changes in marine, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. It also explores the impact of climate change on socio-economic sectors such as fisheries, agriculture, coastal zone management, coastal protection, urban climate, recreation/tourism, offshore activities/energy, and air pollution.