Tools for drought mitigation in Mediterranean regions / edited by Giuseppe Rossi ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rossi, Giuseppe, 1941-

Series:

Water science and technology library ; v. 44.

Water science and technology library ; v. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drought relief--Mediterranean Region.

Drought relief.

Water-supply--Mediterranean Region.

Water-supply.

Emergency water supply--Mediterranean Region.

Emergency water supply.

Irrigation--Mediterranean Region--Management.

Irrigation.

Supplemental irrigation--Mediterranean Region.

Supplemental irrigation.

Management.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

viii, 357 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2003]

Contents:

An integrated approach to drought mitigation in Mediterranean Regions / G. Rossi 3

Irrigation demand management to cope with drought and water scarcity / L.S. Pereira 19

Part 2 Drought identification and monitoring in Mediterranean regions

At-site and regional drought identification by REDIM model / G. Rossi, A. Cancelliere 37

Analysis of local and regional droughts in southern Portugal using the theory of runs and the Standardised Precipitation Index / A.A. Paulo, L.S. Pereira, P. G. Matias 55

Local and regional droughts in Siliana catchment, Tunisia / M. Bergaoui 79

Drought identification and characterisation in Jordan / A. Al-Salihi 89

Droughts in Sicily and comparison of identified droughts in Mediterranean regions / A. Cancelliere, G. Rossi 103

Regionalisation and identification of droughts in Mediterranean countries of Europe / J. Alvarez, T. Estrela 123

Requisites for a Drought Watch System / G. Rossi 147

Part 3 Modelling irrigation management under drought conditions

Irrigation scheduling simulation: the model ISAREG / L.S. Pereira, P.R. Teodoro, P.N. Rodrigues, J. L. Teixeira 161

Coping with drought: deficit irrigation strategies for cereals and field horticultural crops in central Tunisia / A. Zairi, H. El Amami, A. Slatni, L.S. Pereira, P.N. Rodrigues, T. Machado 181

Feasibility of deficit irrigation with center-pivot to cope with limited water supplies in Alentejo, Portugal / P.N. Rodrigues, T. Machado, L. S. Pereira, J.L. Teixeira, H. El Amami, A. Zairi 203

Irrigation scheduling simulation for citrus in Sicily to cope with water scarcity / I. Alba, P. N. Rodrigues, L. S. Pereira 223

Irrigation management dynamics in the Jordan valley under drought conditions / M. Shatanawi, Y. Al-Zu'bi, O. Al-Jayoussi 243

Simulation of supplemental irrigation strategies for wheat in Near East to cope with water scarcity / T. Oweis, P. N. Rodrigues, L. S. Pereira 259

Part 4 Modelling water supply system operation under drought conditions

Derivation of operation rules for an irrigation water supply system by multiple linear regression and neural networks / A. Cancelliere, G. Giuliano, A. Ancarani, G. Rossi 275

Optimisation of reservoir management in the semi-arid countries: case of Lakhmess, Tunisia / F. Lebdi, M. Bergaoui, M.A. Bouslimi 293

Decision support system for the evaluation of droughts and drought mitigation measures / A. Cancelliere, G. Giuliano, A. Longheu 305

Long-term and short-term measures for coping with drought / B. Dziegielewski 319

Appendix Report and recommendations of the Expert Consultation and Workshop on Drought Mitigation for the Near East and the Mediterranean (Aleppo, May 27-31, 2001) 343.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1402011407

OCLC:

51447670