Vulnerability and adaptation to drought : the Canadian Prairies and South America

Vulnerability and adaptation to drought : the Canadian Prairies and South America / edited by Harry Diaz, Margot Hurlbert, and Jim Warren.

"Although there is considerable historical literature describing the social and economic impact of drought on the prairies in the 1930s, little has been written about the challenges presented by drought in more contemporary times. The drought of 2001-02 was, for example, the most recent large-a...

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Other Authors: Diaz, Harry P. (Editor), Hurlbert, Margot Ann, 1964- (Editor), Warren, Jim W. (Jim William) (Editor), Wandel, Johanna, 1971-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Calgary, Alberta, Canada : University of Calgary Press, [2016]
Series:Energy, ecology, and the environment series ; no. 9.
Subjects:
Droughts > Prairie Provinces.
Droughts > South America.
Drought management > Prairie Provinces.
Drought management > South America.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Drought management
Droughts
Prairie Provinces
South America
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Table of Contents:
  • Drought and vulnerability : a conceptual approach / auhors: Johanna Wandel, Harry Diaz, Jim Warren, Monica Hadarits, Margot Hurlbert, and Jeremy Pittman
  • Canadian Prairies drought from a paleoclimate perspective / authors: David Sauchyn and Samantha Kerr
  • Future possible droughts / authors: Elaine Wheaton, David Sauchyn, and Barrie Bonsal
  • The impacts of the 2001-2 drought in rural Alberta and Saskatchewan, and Canada / authors: Suren Kulshreshtha, Elaine Wheaton, and Virginia Wittrock
  • The "min till" revolution and the culture of innovation / author: Jim Warren
  • The troubled state of irrigation in Southwestern Saskatchewan : the effects of climate variability and government offloading on a vulnerable community / author: Jim Warren
  • Gendering change : Canadian farm women respond to drought / authors: Amber J. Fletcher and Erin Knuttila
  • Drought and public policy in the Palliser Triangle : the historical perspective / author: Gregory P. Marchildon
  • The governance of droughts / author: Margot Hurlbert
  • Water governance in the Prairie Provinces / author: Margot Hurlbert
  • Values analysis as a decision support tool to manage vulnerability and adaptation to drought / authors: Darrell R. Corkal, Bruce Morito, and Alejandro Rojas
  • Bridging knowledge systems for drought preparedness : a case study from the Swift Current Creek Watershed (Canada) / authors: Jeremy Pittman, Darrell R. Corkal, Monica Hadarits, Tom Harrison, Margot Hurlbert, and Arlene Unvoas
  • Drought risks and opportunities in the Chilean grape and wine industry : a case study of the Maule Region / authors: Monica Hadarits, Paula Santibáñez, and Jeremy Pittman
  • Drought in the oasis of Central Western Argentina / authors: Elma Montaña and José Armando Boninsegna.

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