Government response to drought in the United States
Subtitle: lessons from the mid-1970s
By: Donald A. Wilhite, Norman J. Rosenberg and Michael H. Glantz.
Contributors: Wilhite, Donald A.; Rosenberg, Norman J., 1930-; Glantz, Michael H.; University of Nebraska--Lincoln. Center for Agricultural Meteorology and Climatology.
Series: CAMaC progress report ;; 84-1, 84-2, 84-3, 84-4, 85-5
Publisher: Center for Agricultural Meteorology and Climatology, University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Published: 1984
Place of publication: [Lincoln]
Language: eng
Subjects: Droughts -- Great Plains.; Droughts -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Final report to the Climate Dynamics Program, National Science Foundation, Grant no. ATM-8108447."
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Executive summary; title: pt. 2. The history of the drought response in the Great Plains, 1850-1950s; title: pt. 3. Federal response to the mid-1970s drought; title: pt. 4. A case study of federal and state response in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Texas; title: pt. 5. Drought response in the United States and Australia.