Methods and Tools for Drought Analysis and Management
Implementation of effective drought management policies requires both advanced technologies and appropriate methods. Monitoring and forecasting systems, practical tools for risk assessment, as well as simple and objective criteria to select and implement
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Water Science and Technology Library VOLUME 62
Editor-in-Chief V.P. Singh, Texas A&M University, College Station, U.S.A. Editorial Advisory Board M. Anderson, Bristol, U.K. L. Bengtsson, Lund, Sweden J. F. Cruise, Huntsville, U.S.A. U. C. Kothyari, Roorkee, India S. E. Serrano, Lexington, U.S.A. D. Stephenson, Johannesburg, South Africa W. G. Strupczewski, Warsaw, Poland
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
METHODS AND TOOLS FOR DROUGHT ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT edited by
GIUSEPPE ROSSI Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Catania, Italy
TEODORO VEGA Sicilian Regional Agency for Waste and Water, Water Observatory, Palermo, Italy
and
BRUNELLA BONACCORSO Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Catania, Italy
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-1-4020-5923-0 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-5924-7 (e-book)
Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com
Cover Illustration: Drought management planning process. Figure 5 in Chapter 16 by Rossi, G., Castiglione, L. and Bonaccorso, B.: Guidelines for planning and implementing drought mitigation measures.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Contributors
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Preface
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PART I
DROUGHT MONITORING AND FORECASTING
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Drought Monitoring and Forecasting at Large Scale I. Bordi and A. Sutera
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Monitoring and Forecasting Drought on a Regional Scale: Emilia-Romagna Region C. Cacciamani, A. Morgillo, S. Marchesi and V. Pavan
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Development of the Piedmont Region Hydrological Bulletin as a Support to Water Resources Monitoring and Management C. Ronchi, D. Rabuffetti, A. Salandin, A. Vargiu, S. Barbero and R. Pelosini Is Drought Occurrence and Severity Increasing due to Climate Change? Analysing Drought Class Transitions with Loglinear Models E. E. Moreira, A. A. Paulo and L. S. Pereira Stochastic Forecasting of Drought Indices A. Cancelliere, G. Di Mauro, B. Bonaccorso and G. Rossi
PART II 6.
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DROUGHT DESCRIPTION THROUGH AGROMETEOROLOGICAL INDICES
Use of a New Agricultural Drought Index within a Regional Drought Observatory A. Matera, G. Fontana, V. Marletto, F. Zinoni, L. Botarelli and F. Tomei v
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Distributed Estimation of Actual Evapotranspiration through Remote Sensing Techniques G. Calcagno, G. Mendicino, G. Monacelli, A. Senatore and P. Versace Testing a Modification of the Palmer Drought Severity Index for Mediterranean Environments L. S. Pereira, R. D. Rosa a
