Drought - Past Problems and Future Scenarios - Grand Format

Edition en anglais

Justin Sheffield

,

Eric Wood

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Résumé

Drought 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 includes documentation of the occurrence and impacts of major 20th century drought events and analysis of the contributing climatic and environmental factors that act to force, prolong and dissipate drought. Contemporary drought is placed in the context of climate variability since the last ice age, including the many severe and lengthy drought events that contributed to the demise of great civilizations, the disappearance of lakes and rivers, and the conversion of forests to deserts.
The authors discuss the developing field of drought monitoring and describe how this is vital for identifying emerging droughts and for providing timely warning to help reduce the impacts. The book provides a broad overview of large-scale drought, from historic events such as the US Dustbowl and African Sahel, and places this in the context of climate variability and change. The work is soundly based on detailed research that has looked at drought occurrence over the 20th century, global drought monitoring, modelling and seasonal prediction, and future projections from climate models.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    01/01/2011
  • Editeur
  • Collection
  • ISBN
    978-1-84971-082-4
  • EAN
    9781849710824
  • Format
    Grand Format
  • Présentation
    Relié
  • Nb. de pages
    210 pages
  • Poids
    0.705 Kg
  • Dimensions
    19,5 cm × 25,5 cm × 1,5 cm

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À propos des auteurs

Justin Sheffield is a research hydrologist at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA. He has a PhD in hydroclimatology from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Eric F Wood is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University, and a fellow of the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union.

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