Tag: Drought

Dry Urbanism Designing for Drought in the City


Free Download Dry Urbanism: Designing for Drought in the City by Rob Roggema
English | EPUB (True) | 2024 | 269 Pages | ISBN : 3031773462 | 109.9 MB
The ambition of the book is to give a contemporary insight in the state of the art when it comes to designing our cities and landscapes for dry conditions. Water, or the absence thereof, is an important issue to consider. Many cities around the world are increasingly suffering heat, droughts and occasional severe flooding and rainfall. This asks for new approaches, and methodologies to (re)design the urban and rural condition to stay livable.

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Dry Urbanism Designing for Drought in the City


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031773462 | 279 Pages | PDF (True) | 40 MB
The ambition of the book is to give a contemporary insight in the state of the art when it comes to designing our cities and landscapes for dry conditions. Water, or the absence thereof, is an important issue to consider. Many cities around the world are increasingly suffering heat, droughts and occasional severe flooding and rainfall. This asks for new approaches, and methodologies to (re)design the urban and rural condition to stay livable.

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Best Drought Tolerant Grass Plant For Hot Desert Climates Zone Bilingual Edition Hardcover Version


Free Download Jannah Firdaus Mediapro, Cyber Sakura Flower Labs, "Best Drought Tolerant Grass Plant For Hot Desert Climates Zone Bilingual Edition Hardcover Version"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 6029024337 | PDF | pages: 40 | 4.6 mb
Best Drought Tolerant Grass Plant For Hot Desert Climates Zone Bilingual Edition In English and Germany Languange Hardcover Version. In many parts of the country or areas with water restrictions, drought-tolerant grasses are recommended for their ability to withstand extended periods without water. Certain species of grass are better equipped to handle drought because of their native conditions and some grasses are improved cultivars, bred for their drought resistance.

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Overcoming Drought Adaptation Strategies for Andhra Pradesh, India


Free Download World Bank Group, "Overcoming Drought: Adaptation Strategies for Andhra Pradesh, India"
English | 2006 | pages: 168 | ISBN: 0821366645 | PDF | 1,8 mb
Using recent advances in modeling climate-related risks and adjusting state of the art catastrophic risk modeling techniques to drought, the study conducts an innovative long-term assessment of drought risks in Andhra Pradesh, India, and suggests strategies to reduce their impact, under several economic, drought management and climate change scenarios. The analysis deepens an understanding of climate risk adaptation strategies, including implications for agricultural and catastrophic risk insurance.

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Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective


Free Download Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective By Kurt Schwabe, Jose Albiac, Jeffery D. Connor (auth.), Kurt Schwabe, Jose Albiac, Jeffery D. Connor, Rashid M. Hassan, Liliana Meza González (eds.)
2013 | 507 Pages | ISBN: 9400766351 | PDF | 9 MB
Offering a cross-country examination and comparison of drought awareness and experience, this book shows how scientists, water managers, and policy makers approach drought and water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions of Spain, Mexico, Australia, South Africa and the United States.

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Managing Soil Drought


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 103235240X | 441 Pages | PDF (True) | 47 MB
Global drylands, covering over 40% of Earth’s land surface, are important among worldwide ecoregions and support large human and livestock populations. However, these ecologically sensitive ecoregions are undergoing a rapid transformation resulting from climate change, socioeconomic and political factors, increases in population, and ever-growing demands for goods and services.

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Coping with Drought Risk in Agriculture and Water Supply Systems (2024)


Free Download Ana Iglesias, Luis Garrote, Antonio Cancelliere, "Coping with Drought Risk in Agriculture and Water Supply Systems: Drought Management and Policy Development in the Mediterranean"
English | 2009 | pages: 320 | ISBN: 1402090447, 9400789521 | PDF | 11,3 mb
Over the last three decades drought episodes have resulted in severe social problems in Mediterranean countries, receiving broad attention from the international scientific and policy communities. The experiences in the development and implementation of drought management plans highlight the success and challenges of coping with drought for societies with different vulnerabilities and emphasize risk-based drought management as a critical approach to mitigate the impacts associated to drought-induced water shortages. Based on these experiences and the current methods for evaluating risk, the book synthesises guidelines for drought management that link science and policy and that can be applied to other regions.

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Drought and the Human Story Braving the Bull of Heaven (2024)


Free Download R.L. Heathcote, "Drought and the Human Story: Braving the Bull of Heaven"
English | 2013 | pages: 318 | ISBN: 140940501X, 1138248746 | PDF | 4,1 mb
Drought has been a long companion in the human story. Mythologised as the devastating Bull of Heaven in one of the earliest heroic legends to come out of Mesapotamia, drought has continued to wreak havoc upon societies, in many cases playing a significant role in their final demise. For societies in the 21st Century drought hovers on all horizons, the ultimate drought-proofing of society – long sought – remains elusive. This study of the human conceptualization of drought in a global setting examines the historical record from early human society through to present day concerns to explore how and why attitudes to drought have changed and why the mitigation of its impacts has become more difficult. To offer a more lasting strategy for protection against drought, the author argues that physical scientists need to combine their skills in understanding global ecology and their technological expertise with the social scientists’ awareness of the socio-economic, political and cultural contexts in which modern societies operate. Both will have to ensure that their cooperative strategies for drought management will be understood and supported by the public. If this cooperation can be achieved, the future rampages of the Bull of Heaven may be contained.

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