Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought on the Canadian Prairies.
- 1st ed.
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Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Full Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part 1: FRAMING THE BOOK -- 1: DROUGHT AND VULNERABILITY: A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH -- Part 2: PAST AND FUTURE DROUGHT: LESSONS FROM CLIMATE SCIENCE -- 2: CANADIAN PRAIRIES DROUGHT FROM A PALEOCLIMATE PERSPECTIVE -- 3: FUTURE POSSIBLE DROUGHTS -- Part 3: DEALING WITH PRAIRIE DROUGHTS: CRISES AND ADAPTIVE RESPONSES -- 4: THE IMPACTS OF THE 2001-2 DROUGHT IN RURAL ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN, AND CANADA -- 5: THE "MIN TILL" REVOLUTION AND THE CULTURE OF INNOVATION -- 6: THE TROUBLED STATE OF IRRIGATION IN SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN: THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND GOVERNMENT OFFLOADING ON A VULNERABLE COMMUNITY -- 7: GENDERING CHANGE: CANADIAN FARM WOMEN RESPOND TO DROUGHT -- Part 4: GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS FOR PRAIRIE DROUGHT AND WATER MANAGEMENT -- 8: DROUGHT AND PUBLIC POLICY IN THE PALLISER TRIANGLE: THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- 9: THE GOVERNANCE OF DROUGHTS -- 10: WATER GOVERNANCE IN THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES -- Part 5: STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DROUGHT -- 11: VALUES ANALYSIS AS A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL TO MANAGE VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION TO DROUGHT -- 12: BRIDGING KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS FOR DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE SWIFT CURRENT CREEK WATERSHED (CANADA) -- Part 6: LEARNING FROM OTHER EXPERIENCES -- 13: DROUGHT RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CHILEAN GRAPE AND WINE INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY OF THE MAULE REGION -- 14: DROUGHT IN THE OASIS OF CENTRAL WESTERN ARGENTINA -- Part 7: CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CONCLUSION -- INDEX -- Back Cover.
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