Drought and Water Crises
Subtitle: Science, Technology, and Management Issues (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)
Publisher: CRC
Published: March 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780824727710
Subjects: Applied ecology; Geography; Mathematics and Science; Social impact of disasters; Risk assessment; Life Sciences - Ecology; Science; Nature; Science/Mathematics; Water-supply; Earth Sciences - Hydrology; Environmental Science; Natural Disasters; Science / Environmental Science; Droughts
First sentence: Drought is an insidious natural hazard that results from a deficiency of precipitation from expected or "normal" that, when extended over a season or longer, is insufficient to meet the demands of human activities and the environment.