Drought : a global assessment.

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Hazards and disastersPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2000Description: 2 v. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)ISBN:

0415168341 (vol. 1)
0415214181 (vol. 2)

DDC classification:

363.34929 21

Subject: The aim of this book is to provide the scientific and policy community with information in the form of new technologies and methodologies, as well as lessons learned, that will help nations define a new paradigm for drought planning and management in the 21st Century. The overview chapters and case studies included in this book provide information to scientists, policy makers, and planners that, if implemented, can reduce the devastation of drought through improved prediction and monitoring techniques, mitigation programs and policies, and contingency planning. The completion of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction provides a unique opportunity to implement this new paradigm for drought management in the 21st Century

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.34929 DRO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900076242
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.34929 DRO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900076292

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The aim of this book is to provide the scientific and policy community with information in the form of new technologies and methodologies, as well as lessons learned, that will help nations define a new paradigm for drought planning and management in the 21st Century. The overview chapters and case studies included in this book provide information to scientists, policy makers, and planners that, if implemented, can reduce the devastation of drought through improved prediction and monitoring techniques, mitigation programs and policies, and contingency planning. The completion of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction provides a unique opportunity to implement this new paradigm for drought management in the 21st Century

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