Drought : science and policy / edited by Dr. Ana Iglesias, Professor Dionysis Assimacopoulos, Dr. Henny A. Van Lanen.

Includes index.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Series Preface -- The Series Editor -- Philippe Quevauviller -- List of Contributors -- Part One: Understanding Drought as a Natural Hazard -- Chapter 1.1: Diagnosis of Drought{u2010}Generating Processes -- 1.1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.2 Background -- 1.1.3 Climate drivers of drought -- 1.1.4 Soil moisture drought processes -- 1.1.5 Hydrological drought processes (Groundwater and streamflow) -- 1.1.6 Drought propagation -- 1.1.7 Concluding remarks and outlook -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 1.2: Recent Trends in Historical Drought -- 1.2.1 Introduction -- 1.2.2 Trend analysis and data -- 1.2.3 Trends in river flow across Europe -- 1.2.4 Discussion -- 1.2.5 Conclusions -- Future needs -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 1.3: Historic Drought from Archives: Beyond the Instrumental Record -- 1.3.1 Introduction -- 1.3.2 Methodology -- 1.3.3 United Kingdom -- 1.3.4 France: Ile{u2010}de{u2010}France -- 1.3.5 Valley of the Upper Rhine (Germany, Switzerland, France) -- 1.3.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 1.4: Future Drought -- 1.4.1 Introduction -- 1.4.2 Overview of studies -- 1.4.3 Assessment of future hydrological drought -- 1.4.4 Human influences on future drought -- 1.4.5 Uncertainties in future drought -- 1.4.6 Conclusions -- Future needs -- 1.4.6.2 Future needs -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part Two: Vulnerability, Risk, and Policy -- Chapter 2.5: On the Institutional Framework for Drought Planning and Early Action -- 2.5.1 Introduction -- 2.5.2 Drought planning and water resources planning -- 2.5.3 A code for best practices: early action and risk management plans -- 2.5.4 Institutions involved in drought planning -- 2.5.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 2.6: Indicators of Social Vulnerability to Drought -- 2.6.1 Introduction -- 2.6.2 Theoretical framework.

2.6.3 Selection of policy{u2010}relevant variables -- 2.6.3.2 Composite indicator of drought vulnerability (weighting and aggregation) -- 2.6.4 Application: Drought risk assessment in Latin America -- References -- Chapter 2.7: Drought Vulnerability Under Climate Change: A Case Study in La Plata Basin -- 2.7.1 Introduction -- 2.7.2 Methods -- 2.7.3 Results and discussion -- 2.7.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 2.8: Drought Insurance -- 2.8.1 Introduction -- 2.8.2 Main difficulties and challenges in developing drought insurance -- 2.8.3 Types of drought insurance -- 2.8.4 Drought indemnity-based insurance -- 2.8.5 Drought index-based insurance -- 2.8.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part Three: Drought Management Experiences and Links to Stakeholders -- Chapter 3.9: Drought and Water Management in The Netherlands -- 3.9.1 General context -- 3.9.2 Drought risk and mitigation -- 3.9.3 Conclusions -- Future needs -- References -- Chapter 3.10: Improving Drought Preparedness in Portugal -- 3.10.1 Local context -- 3.10.2 Current approach to drought monitoring and management -- 3.10.3 Improving drought preparedness and drought management -- 3.10.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3.11: Drought Management in the Po River Basin, Italy -- 3.11.1 General context -- 3.11.2 Drought risk and mitigation -- 3.11.3 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3.12: Experiences in Proactive and Participatory Drought Planning and Management in the Jucar River Basin, Spain -- 3.12.1 Introduction -- 3.12.2 Droughts characterisation -- 3.12.3 Methods for drought vulnerability and risk assessment -- 3.12.4 Proactive and participatory drought management -- 3.12.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3.13: Drought Risk and Management in Syros, Greece -- 3.13.1 Introduction -- 3.13.2 Droughts in Syros.

3.13.3 Drought risk and mitigation -- 3.13.4 Lessons learnt -- the need for participatory drought management -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.