Drought and Water Crises Integrating Science, Management, and Policy

Cover -- Tilte Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Editors -- Contributors -- Section 1: Overview -- Chapter 1: Drought as Hazard: Understanding the Natural and Social Context -- Section 2: Drought Risk Reduction: Shifting the Paradigm from Managing Disasters to Managing Risk -- Chapter 2: The High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy: A Summary of Outcomes -- Chapter 3: Integrated Drought Management Initiatives -- Chapter 4: National Drought Management Policy Guidelines: A Template for Action -- Chapter 5: Benefits of Action and Costs of Inaction: Drought Mitigation and Preparedness-A Literature Review -- Section 3: Advances in Tools for Drought Prediction, Early Warning, Decision Support, and Management -- Chapter 6: Research to Advance Drought Monitoring and Prediction Capabilities -- Chapter 7: Drought Monitoring and Early Warning: Twenty-First Century Advancements and Challenges -- Chapter 8: Handbook of Drought Indicators and Indices -- Chapter 9: The Application of Triggers in Drought Management: An Example from Colorado -- Chapter 10: Advancements in Satellite Remote Sensing for Drought Monitoring -- Chapter 11: Evapotranspiration, Evaporative Demand, and Drought -- Chapter 12: A Role for Streamflow Forecasting in Managing Risk Associated with Drought and Other Water Crises -- Chapter 13: Drought Mitigation: Water Conservation Tools for Short-Term and Permanent Water Savings -- Chapter 14: The Role of Water Harvesting and Supplemental Irrigation in Coping with Water Scarcity and Drought in the Dry Areas -- Section 4: Case Studies in Integrated Drought and Water Management: The Role of Science, Technology, Management, and Policy -- Chapter 15: Floods Punctuated by Drought: Developing an Early Warning System for the Missouri River Basin in the Midst of Alternating Extremes