Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity

Dr. Saeid Eslamian is professor of Hydrology at Isfahan University of Technology, where he heads the Hydrology Research Group in the Department of Water Engineering. His research focuses mainly on statistical and environmental hydrology and climate change. In particular, he is working on modeling and prediction of natural hazards including flood, drought, storms, wind, groundwater drawdown, and pollution for arid and semi-arid zones, particularly in urban areas. He is also a Visiting Professor at Princeton University, and University of ETH Zurich, Switzerland.He has contributed to more than 300 publications in books, research journals, and technical reports or papers in conferences. He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of both the International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology and the Journal of Flood Engineering. He received ASCE and EWRI awards in 2009 and 2010 for his research.Faezeh A. Eslamian is a PhD candidate of bioresource engineering and research assistant at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is currently working on the fate and transport of phosphorus through subsurface drained farmlands. Dr. Eslamian completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, where she evaluated natural and low-cost absorbents for the removal of pollutants such as textile dyes and heavy metals. Furthermore, she has conducted research on the worldwide water quality standards, wastewater reuse, and drought guidelines.

• EditorsContributors1 Drought Management: Initiatives and ObjectivesYohannes Yihdego and Saeid Eslamian2 Impacts of Drought on Social and Agricultural SystemsHussein A. Amery and Christina A. Boyes3 Capacity Building and Drought ManagementShafi Noor Islam, Sandra Reinstädtler, and Albrecht Gnauck4 Adaption to DroughtsNever Mujere and Sanjay M. Yadav5 Drought Management Strategies in Water-Stressed/Water-Scarce RegionsIsmail Kaan Tuncok and Saeid Eslamian6 Drought Management in an Urban ContextAvanish K. Panikkar7 Drought Management in Coastal AreasGiovanni Barrocu8 Drought Management for Landscape and Rural SecuritySandra Reinstädtler, Shafi Noor Islam, and Saeid Eslamian9 Drought Assessment and Management for Heat Waves MonitoringNicolas R. Dalezios and Saeid Eslamian10 Drought and Pest ManagementYohannes Yihdego11 Groundwater Management in Drought ConditionsEduardo Kruse and Saeid Eslamian12 Reservoir Operation during DroughtShahab Araghinejad, Seyed-Mohammad Hosseini-Moghari, and Saeid Eslamian13 Crisis Management Planning and Drought Management PlansSaeid Eslamian, Behnaz Khosravi, Majedeh Sayahi, and Majedeh Haeri-Hamedani14 Functional Analysis of Regional Drought ManagementRares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir and Saeid Eslamian15 Rainfall Management for Sustainable AgricultureNever Mujere and Rajendra Kumar Isaac16 Deficit Irrigation: FarmlandsAli Zahraei, Sara Saadati, and Saeid Eslamian17 Deficit Irrigation: GreenhouseMohammad Javad Amiri, Saeid Eslamian, Mehdi Bahrami, and Neda Yousefi18 Deficit Irrigation: Optimization ModelsKaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari, Mohammad Shayannejad, Saeid Eslamian, Fereshteh Zamani, Nasrin Shojaei, Bahareh Navabpour, Zahra Majidifar, Amin Sadri, Zahra Ghasemi-Siani, Hossein Nourozi, Omid Vafaei, and Seyed-Mohamad-Amir Homayouni19 Drought Mitigation PracticesAdebayo Oluwole Eludoyin, Oyenike Mary Eludoyin, and Saeid Eslamian20 Social Impacts of a National Drought Policy in AustraliaTamara Sysak and Ruth Beilin21 History of Drought Management in AustraliaKathryn Reardon-Smith, Allyson Williams, Shahbaz Mushtaq, David Cobon, David McRae, and Louis Kouadio22 Politics of Drought Management and Water Control in IndiaS. Mohammed Irshad and Saeid Eslamian23 Drought Management for Horticultural Crops in IndiaRavi Patil and Saeid Eslamian24 Interbasin Transfers of Water for Southern AfricaSamir Anwar Al-Gamal25 Drought Management Planning Resources for Water Suppliers in PakistanSaifullah Khan and Saeid Eslamian26 Forest Fire Mitigation under Water ShortageLeila Sedaei, Nazila Sedaei, Jonathan Peter Cox, Nicolas R. Dalezios, and Saeid Eslamian27 Education Program for DroughtNeda Torabi Farsani, Carlos Neto de Carvalho, and Saeid Eslamian28 Policy Framework of Drought Risk MitigationGiuseppe Rossi29 Drought Law and PolicyBosun Banjoko and Saeid Eslamian30 Emergency Drought Consequence PlanSara Nazif, Hamed Tavakolifar, and Saeid Eslamian31 Coping with DroughtMohsen Mohseni Saravi, Reza Shahbazi, and Saeid Eslamian32 Integrated Water Resources Management under Water ScarcitySaeid Eslamian, Elham Mohri-Isfahani, Arash Mahdavi, Foroozan Rajaei-Rizi, Maryam Marzi-Nouhedani, Mahboubeh Ghasemi-Zanyani, Sara Dehghani, Seyedeh Zahra Hosseini-Teshnizi, Farzad Esmaeili, Nasrin Shojaei, Mohsen Ghane, and Ali Hasantabar-Amiri33 Drought and Dust ManagementAlireza Aghaei, Saeid Eslamian, Nicolas R. Dalezios, Ali Saeidi-Rizi, and Sivash Bahredar34 Drought Management: Current Challenges and Future OutlookSaeid Eslamian, Nicolas R. Dalezios, Vijay P. Singh, Jan Adamowski, Sheyda Mohammadifard, Ramin Bahmani, Somayeh Eskandari, Mehdi Zomorodian, Ata Arefeyan, Sara Dehghani, Mina Aghaesmaeili, Meysam Shahbazi, Mohammad Taghi Amoushahi, Narges Yousefi, and Arya NamdiIndex

"The effect of drought on agricultural productivity is widely recognized, but the social, political, and psychological effects of drought may be just as important, especially in a world that is moving towards greater urbanization. The papers in this book discuss the broader aspects of drought, with a view towards the future in an uncertain world."—Richard McCuen, University of Maryland, USA"The three-volume Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity, edited by Saeid Eslamian, provides a unique synthesis of the recent state of knowledge, which has been fundamental for the development strategies and methodology of achieving the sustainable future we want."—Maciej Zalewski, University of Lodz, Poland"This handbook provides a welcome addition to the literature on drought and water scarcity. Each of the 102 chapters in this three-volume handbook addresses a different issue of water resource management during periods of drought and water scarcity. Hence, a water resource manager should be able to find discussion relevant to resolution of their resource management problem. My congratulations on the production of a handbook that is a most welcome addition to the literature on this topic."— James E Ball, University of Technology Sydney, Australia"The Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity includes a wide range of topics that will be an essential addition to professionals regarding the underlying concepts and techniques behind drought occurrence, its characterization, impacts, and consequences, and planning and management aspects. A valuable handbook for libraries worldwide."—Jose D. Salas, Colorado State University, USA"This three volume set is a comprehensive treatment on this complex and important subject. It presents the definition of drought and its indices used for various sectors, the effects of a changing climate and ocean oscillations on drought, advanced methods for forecasting its progression, modeling its impacts on environmental, economic, agricultural, and social conditions, and mitigation methods and strategies, including technology, law, policy, and education."— Emery Coppola Jr., NOAH LLC, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA"This three volume set presents the most current developments in the theoretical and practical aspects of forecasting and monitoring droughts, assessing their consequences in many areas and developing optimal management strategies to lower or even avoid their negative effects in all areas of the environment, economy and our life."—Ferenc Szidarovszky, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA