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Droughts in Chile : Impacts, Monitoring, and Adaptation (Management) Policies / edited by Daniela Rivera, Guillermo Donoso.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Rivera, Daniela., Editor.
Donoso, Guillermo., Editor.
Series:
Global Issues in Water Policy, 2211-0658 ; 31
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Water.
Hydrology.
Environmental monitoring.
Environmental management.
Natural disasters.
Environmental sciences--Social aspects.
Environmental sciences.
Environmental Monitoring.
Environmental Management.
Natural Hazards.
Environmental Social Sciences.
Local Subjects:
Water.
Environmental Monitoring.
Environmental Management.
Natural Hazards.
Environmental Social Sciences.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (XXXIII, 459 p. 103 illus., 95 illus. in color.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2025.
Place of Publication:
Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
Summary:
The case of Chile is illustrative of a transition from command and control to market-based management policies, where economic incentives play a significant role in water management. This book deals with drought policy in Chile and other countries. It offers a detailed examination of drought management and policies. It describes, analyzes and evaluates the performance of drought policies, laws and institutions, identifies the main challenges that Chile faces and derives lessons learnt. Expert contributors discuss such topics as Chile’s drought water policy, and the reasoning which explains present challenges.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction: Interdisciplinary vision of drought
Chapter 2. Definition and characterization of drought
Part I. Setting and country context: Drought impacts in Chile
Chapter 3. The Chilean economy: A general profile
Chapter 4. Climatic profile of Chile and drought characteristics in Chile
Chapter 5. Economic Impacts of Droughts on Agriculture and Urban Water Supply sector
Chapter 6. Impacts of droughts on water quality: Processes and monitoring
Chapter 7. Institutionality, governance and drought management policies in Chile
Part II. Comparative experiences in drought management
Chapter 8. Drought Policy Overview: Insights from South America region
Chapter 9. Drought policy and governance in Spain: New tools and remaining challenges
Chapter 10. Understanding Drought in California
Chapter 11. Drought policy in Australia
Part III. Improving drought management in Chile: Policy proposals and adaptation options
Chapter 12. General assessment of drought management and proposals
Chapter 13. Towards a drought monitoring, tracking, and management platform based on quantitative indices
Chapter 14. Remote sensing phenology as a tool for monitoring the impact of drought on forest ecosystem productivity in temperate forests of South America
Chapter 15. Sentinel Hydrological Processes: Informing Drought Management Strategies in Chile
Chapter 16. Contingent agreements to reduce the impacts of droughts on human water consumption
Chapter 17. Water reuse in Chile: An alternative to face the drought
Chapter 18. Desalinization in times of drought
Chapter 19. Evaluation of multipurpose reservoir operating policies at basin and electric power system scale
Chapter 20. Conclusions.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
3-031-85040-8
OCLC:
1523370276

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