Drought : : An Interdisciplinary Perspective / / Ben Cook.
Water is fundamental to all life. From the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, to the extreme water shortages that have struck California in recent years, modern societies often take its abundance for granted until it unexpectedly becomes scarce. Drought is one of the many problems anthropogenic climate change...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- ONE. Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle and Drought
- TWO. Global Hydroclimatology
- THREE. Drought in the Climate System
- FOUR. Drought and Hydroclimate in the Holocene
- FIVE. Climate Change and Drought
- SIX. Case Studies: The Dust Bowl and Sahel Droughts
- SEVEN. Land Degradation and Desertification
- EIGHT. Groundwater and Irrigation
- Glossary
- References
- Index