Eslamian Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity

Management of Drought and Water Scarcity
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-85113-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 798 Seiten

This volume includes over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world. It examines numerous management strategies for dealing with drought and scarcity. These strategies include management approaches for different regions, such as coastal, urban, rural, and agricultural areas. It offers multiple strategies for monitoring, assessing, and forcasting drought through the use of remote sensing and GIS tools. It also presents drought mitigation management strategies, such as groundwater management, rainwater harvesting, conservations practices, and more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eslamian, Saeid

Eslamian, Faezeh A.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Capacity Building for Drought Management. Crises Management Plan (CDP) and Drought Management Plan (DMP). Demand Management Under Drought. Drought and Natural Resources Management. Drought and Pest Management. Drought Management for Horticultural Crops. Drought Management for Landscape and Rural Security. Drought Management in Agriculture. Drought Management in an Urban Context. Drought Management in Coastal Areas. Drought Management in Integrated Water Resources Management. Real Time Drought Management. Drought Management Initiatives (DMI) and Objectives. Drought Management Planning Resources for Water Suppliers. Drought Management Strategies in Water Stressed/Scarce Regions. Drought Management: Current Challenges. Drought Mitigation Practices. Drought-Proofing through Watershed Management. Economic Analyses of Drought. Equipment Needs and Sources in Drought Cycle Management. Functional Analysis of Regional Drought Management. Groundwater Management in Drought Condition. History of Drought Management in Australia. Basin Water Transfer in Drought. Inter-basin Transfers of Water for Southern Africa. Inter-basin Transfers of Water for the Zayandehrud Basin. Rainfall Management for Sustainable Agriculture. Monitoring, Assessment, Forecasting of Drought using RS and GIS. New Approaches for Effective Drought Risk Assessment. Water Conservation Techniques. Water Harvesting in semi-arid areas to Manage Drought. Rainwater Harvesting in Arid Regions. Urban Water Pricing and Drought Management

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Saeid Eslamian is professor of Hydrology at Isfahan University of Technology, where he heads the Hydrology Research Group in the Department of Water Engineering. His research focuses mainly on statistical and environmental hydrology and climate change. In particular, he is working on modeling and prediction of natural hazards including flood, drought, storms, wind, groundwater drawdown, and pollution for arid and semi-arid zones, particularly in urban areas. He is also a Visiting Professor at Princeton University, and University of ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

He has contributed to more than 300 publications in books, research journals, and technical reports or papers in conferences. He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of both the International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology and the Journal of Flood Engineering. He received ASCE and EWRI awards in 2009 and 2010 for his research.

Faezeh A. Eslamian is a PhD candidate of bioresource engineering and research assistant at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is currently working on the fate and transport of phosphorus through subsurface drained farmlands. Dr. Eslamian completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, where she evaluated natural and low-cost absorbents for the removal of pollutants such as textile dyes and heavy metals. Furthermore, she has conducted research on the worldwide water quality standards, wastewater reuse, and drought guidelines.