| Description |
1 online resource (x, 215 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to the hydrologic cycle and drought -- Global hydroclimatology -- Drought in the climate system -- Drought and hydroclimate variability in the Holocene -- Climate change and drought -- Case studies: the Dust Bowl and the Sahel drought -- Desertification and land degradation -- Groundwater and irrigation. |
| Summary |
Benjamin I. Cook brings together climate science, hydrology, and ecology to provide a synthetic overview of drought and its environmental and social consequences. Drought is a critical interdisciplinary text that will be essential reading for a broad range of students in earth science and environmental and sustainability studies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Droughts.
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Droughts. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cook, Benjamin I. Drought. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] 9780231176880 (DLC) 2018040215 (OCoLC)1035428002 |
| ISBN |
9780231548908 (electronic book) |
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0231548907 (electronic book) |
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9780231176880 |
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0231176880 |
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9780231176897 |
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0231176899 |
| Standard No. |
40029076221 |
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