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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       Vogt, Jürgen V.
 
Other Author(s):   Somma, Francesca
 
Title:             Drought and Drought Mitigation in Europe
 
Publisher Date:    Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000
 
Subject(s):        Drought
                   Mitigation
                   Agriculture
                   Risk assessment
                   Preparedness
                   Environment
                   Climate
                   Monitoring
                   Space (outer)
                   Vulnerability
                   Lessons learned
                   Water
                   Food security
                   Trade
                   Spain
                   Europe
                   United States
                   Hungary
 
Publisher:         Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000
 
Description:       325 p. (col. maps)
 
Notes:             Includes bibliographical references and index
                   Drought is one of the major natural hazards, resulting in
                      significant economic, social, and environmental costs.
                      In Europe, water shortage is an important problem in
                      many regions. However, despite the increasing awareness
                      of this hazard, there is no European drought policy and
                      institutional frameworks to cope with drought situations
                      are only weakly developed. This book is dedicated to
                      furthering our understanding of the drought problem in
                      Europe and to discussing policy and management options
                      to mitigate its impacts. It covers aspects from the
                      detection of water stress to the planning of mitigation
                      strategies. The contributions are written by recognised
                      experts in their field and represent a unique collection
                      of papers on the topic. Audience: The book will be of
                      benefit to scientists, managers, and politicians
                      involved in problems related to water management, risk
                      assessment, and spatial planning. Students in Earth
                      Sciences, especially in geography, climatology,
                      hydrology, and agriculture, will find useful material in
                      this collection of papers.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10261
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       Wilhite, Donald A.
 
Title:             Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and
                      Management Issues
 
Publisher Date:    Taylor and Francis 2005
 
Subject(s):        Drought
                   Water management
                   Science
                   Technology
                   Hazard
                   Climate
                   Prediction
                   Mitigation
                   Monitoring
                   Planning
                   Capacity building
                   Policy
                   Lessons learned
                   Water conservation
                   Coping capacity
                   Water scarcity
                   Climate change
                   Vulnerability
                   Transboundary waters
                   Forecast
                   Disaster risk management
                   Spain
                   Australia
                   South Africa
                   United States
                   Canada
                   China
 
Publisher:         Taylor and Francis 2005
 
Description:       406 p. (ill.)
 
Notes:             Includes bibliographical references and index
                   Today the world is facing a greater water crisis than ever.
                      Droughts of lesser magnitude are resulting in greater
                      impact. Even in years with normal precipitation, water
                      shortages have become widespread in both developing and
                      developed nations, in humid as well as arid climates.
                      When faced with severe drought, governments become eager
                      to act. Unfortunately, this eagerness usually wanes when
                      precipitation returns to normal. "Drought and Water
                      Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues"
                      explains the complexities of drought and the role of
                      science, technology, and management in resolving many of
                      the issues associated with the world's expanding water
                      crises. Contributors discuss a broad range of topics in
                      attempting to answer these most pressing questions: How
                      can we can improve planning tools and make mitigation
                      tools more readily available and adaptable? How can we
                      promote widespread adoption of new water-conserving
                      technologies and encourage their use during non-drought
                      periods? How can seasonal forecasts and early warning
                      systems be made more reliable and expressed in ways to
                      better meet the needs of end users? How can the
                      drought-related policy experiences of some countries be
                      systematically utilized to benefit others? "Drought and
                      Water Crises" collates considerable information from
                      diverse disciplines with the goal of reducing societal
                      vulnerability to drought. Featuring case studies and
                      stressing new technologies, the book seeks to encourage
                      nations to adopt a more risk-based, proactive policy for
                      water and drought management.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10262
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
 
Title:             Human Development Report 2006: Beyond scarcity, power,
                      poverty and the global water crisis
 
Publisher Date:    UNDP 2006
 
Subject(s):        Development
                   Water scarcity
                   Poverty
                   Sanitation
                   History
                   Lessons learned
                   Economics
                   Children
                   Health
                   Gender
                   Millennium Development Goals
                   Urban
                   Finance
                   Policy
                   Risk
                   Vulnerability
                   Agriculture
                   Governance
                   Irrigation
                   Transboundary waters
                   United Kingdom
                   United States
                   Kenya
                   Philippines
                   South Africa
                   Cote d'Ivoire
                   Chile
                   Uganda
                   Morocco
                   India
                   China
                   Yemen
                   Mexico
                   Brazil
                   Senegal
                   Tanzania
                   Central Asia
                   Viet Nam
                   Cambodia
                   Colombia
                   Indonesia
                   Ethiopoa
                   Aral Sea
                   Lake Chad
 
Publisher:         UNDP 2006
 
Description:       422 p. (maps)
 
Notes:             Includes bibliography p. 238-260 and index
                   The 2006 Human Development Report focuses on water and
                      human development. Water is central to the realization
                      of human potential. It is a source of life for people
                      and for the planet. Clean water and sanitation have a
                      profound bearing on health and human dignity.
                      Inequalities in access to clean water for drinking and
                      to water as a productive input, reinforce wider
                      inequalities in opportunity. With competition for water
                      intensifying, there is a danger that poor and vulnerable
                      communities will become increasingly marginalized. The
                      twin challenge facing governments and donors is to
                      accelerate progress towards universal access to water
                      and sanitation; and to ensure that water management
                      policies strengthen the rights of poor households to
                      access water resources.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10263
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
 
Other Author(s):   United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
                   International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
                   Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
                      (CGIAR)
                   World Bank
 
Title:             Agency Collaboration for UNCCD Implementation, Current
                      Situation and Lessons Learned: United Nations Convention
                      to Combat Desertification, COP 6, 25 August-5 September
                      2003, Havana, Cuba
 
Publisher Date:    UNDP/IFAD/CGIAR/UNCCD/the Global Mechanism and the World
                      Bank [?]
 
Subject(s):        Desertification
                   Lessons learned
                   Sustainable development
                   Land degradation
                   Environment
                   Poverty
                   Millennium Development Goals
                   Agriculture
                   Rural
                   Cuba
                   Africa
 
Publisher:         UNDP/IFAD/CGIAR/UNCCD/the Global Mechanism and the World
                      Bank [?]
 
Description:       24 p. (ill.)
 
Notes:             This joint publication of the Facilitation Committee of the
                      Global Mechanism for the UNCCD CoP-6, (25 Aug - 5 Sept
                      2003, Havana, Cuba), presents short briefs by Committee
                      members highlighting their commitment to CCD process and
                      its implementation. It concludes by providing some
                      lessons learnt from collaboration between members
                      through a matrix of successful collaborative efforts to
                      date.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10264
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
 
Title:             Stockholm Water Front, A Forum for Global Water Issues, No.
                      4, December 2006
 
Publisher Date:    SIWI 2006
 
ISSN:              1102-7053
 
ISBN:              1102-7053
 
Subject(s):        Water
                   Water scarcity
                   Poverty
                   Water supply
                   Sanitation
                   Development
 
Publisher:         SIWI 2006
 
Description:       16 p. (col. ill.)
 
Notes:             Stockholm Water Front is a quarterly, English-language
                      magazine that spreads knowledge on important water and
                      water-related issues. Stockholm Water Front presents a
                      mix of popular scientific information and news reporting
                      about the activities of the Stockholm International
                      Water Institute.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10265
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
 
Title:             Thematic Programme Network on Renewable Energies in the
                      context of the fight against Desertification In Africa
                      (TPN5)
 
Publisher Date:    UNCCD [?]
 
Subject(s):        Information
                   Network
                   Desertification
                   Energy
                   Poverty
                   Sustainable development
                   Capacity building
                   Africa
 
Publisher:         UNCCD [?]
 
Description:       6 p. (col. ill.)
 
Notes:             Bilingual English French
                   TPN5 is a platform on renewable energies and their
                      interrelationship with the fight against desertification
                      and poverty. It is a framework for dialogue and action,
                      aiming at greater harmonisation of policies for
                      promoting these energies.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10266
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
 
Title:             Workshop to Launch the Thematic Programme Network on
                      Renewable Sources of Energy and Environmentally Sound
                      Technologies within the context of the Regional Action
                      Programme to Combat Desertification in Africa: TPN5,
                      Nairobi, Kenya, 5-6 May 2004, General Report
 
Publisher Date:    UNCCD 2004
 
Subject(s):        Information
                   Network
                   Desertification
                   Energy
                   Poverty
                   Sustainable development
                   Capacity building
                   Africa
 
Publisher:         UNCCD 2004
 
Description:       26-26 p.
 
Notes:             Bilingual English French
                   Includes bibliography p. 20-21
                   Energy issues are at the centre of natural resources
                      degradation in the rural sector of  the African
                      continent making the development and promotion of new
                      and renewable  energy resources a critical environmental
                      issue that cannot be separated from  combating
                      desertification and poverty eradication. The
                      over-dependence of rural  communities on fuel wood to
                      meet their energy requirements has contributed to 
                      massive deforestation and biodiversity loss, leading to
                      soil erosion, land degradation  and water shortages
                      through the siltation of water sources, rivers and dams.
                      This  environmental degradation process has caused
                      significant negative effects on the  economies and
                      living standards of local communities and exacerbated
                      poverty and  environmental degradation.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10267
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
 
Title:             Promotion of Traditional Knowledge: A Compilation of UNCCD
                      Documents and Reports from 1997-2003
 
Publisher Date:    UNCCD 2005
 
Subject(s):        Indigenous knowledge
                   Community action
                   Environment
                   Drylands
                   Ecosystem
                   Desertification
                   Land use
                   Africa
 
Publisher:         UNCCD 2005
 
Description:       156 p. (col. ill.)
 
Notes:             Bilingual English French
                   Includes bibliographical references
                   This publication aims to contribute to an understanding of
                      traditional knowledge and how its  application can
                      minimize land degradation and desertification in arid
                      and semi-arid zones and  dry sub-humid zones. It is
                      primarily intended to help those following the UNCCD
                      process to take  into account the development of
                      traditional knowledge issues in the context of the work
                      of the  Committee on Science and Technology of the
                      UNCCD. The document offers the fundamental  information
                      that may be useful to government officials,
                      non-governmental organizations and  academic
                      institutions. The publication is organized in three
                      sections and presents the relevant  COP decisions, the
                      official CST reports from the Ad hoc panels, followed by
                      consultants' reports.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10268
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
 
Title:             Drought Monitoring and Early Warning: Concepts, Progress
                      and Future Challenges
 
Publisher Date:    WMO 2006
 
Subject(s):        Drought
                   Early warning systems
                   Monitoring
                   Climate
                   Prediction
                   China
                   South Africa
                   Portugal
                   Australia
 
Publisher:         WMO 2006
 
Description:       24 p. (col. ill.)
 
Notes:             As  part of its implementation activities for IYDD, WMO 
                      has prepared this brochure to explain the various 
                      concepts and challenges of drought monitoring and  early
                      warning systems. This brochure also details  the
                      considerable progress that has been made on  these
                      issues in some drought-prone countries by highlighting 
                      several case studies from around the world.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10269
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       Hellmuth, Molly E.
 
Other Author(s):   Moorhead, Anne
                   Thomson, Madeleine C.
                   Williams, Jim
                   International Research Institute for Climate and Society
                      (IRI)
 
Title:             Climate risk management in Africa: Learning from practice,
                      Climate and Society No. 1
 
Publisher Date:    IRI 2007
 
Subject(s):        Climate
                   Disaster risk management
                   Development
                   Climate change
                   Floods
                   Food security
                   Health
                   Drought
                   Lessons learned
                   Africa
                   Mozambique
                   Ethiopia
                   South Africa
                   Malawi
 
Publisher:         IRI 2007
 
Description:       104 p. (col. ill.)
 
Notes:             Includes bibliography p. 99-101
                   The inaugural issue, called Climate Risk Management in
                      Africa: Learning from practice, describes current
                      efforts that are helping societies better adapt, and
                      shows that when climate information successfully reaches
                      vulnerable populations, it can be used to improve
                      livelihoods and economies, and even save lives. The
                      report was launched on January 30th during a special
                      session of the 8th African Union Heads-of-State Summit
                      held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It details five examples
                      of how climate risks are being effectively managed in
                      Africa.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10270
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
 
Title:             Hydropolitical Vulnerability and resilience along
                      International Waters: Africa
 
Publisher Date:    UNEP 2006
 
Subject(s):        Vulnerability
                   Water
                   Governance
                   Resilience
                   Irrigation
                   Climate
                   Climate change
                   Population
                   Transboundary waters
                   Freshwater
                   Africa
                   South Africa
 
Publisher:         UNEP 2006
 
Description:       164 p. (col. ill.)
 
Notes:             Includes bibliography p. 141-147 and index
                   This is the first report in a series of assessment reports
                      in different geographic regions on hydropolitical
                      vulnerability and resilience along international waters.
                      It presents a comprehensive assessment of the
                      hydropolitical vulnerability of Africa's international
                      waters. It also presents concrete and comprehensive data
                      on the cooperative agreements, in-place and those being
                      developed, in the major water-basins on the continent.
                      These will deal with the hydropolitical vulnerabilities
                      and develop sustainable resilience and provide informed
                      policies at the regional, sub-regional and national
                      levels.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10271
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Africa
 
Title:             Water and risk in Africa: a school's guide
 
Publisher Date:    UN/ISDR Africa 2004
 
Subject(s):        Water
                   Education
                   Drought
                   Floods
                   Environment
                   Health
                   Africa
 
Publisher:         UN/ISDR Africa 2004
 
Description:       31 p. (col. ill.)
 
Notes:             Bibliography p. 29-30
                   Water and Risk... These two words may look strange one next
                      to the other. Indeed, water is generally helpful. But it
                      is also true that water can be harmful: too little water
                      is risk of drought, too much water is risk of flood,
                      water - too scarce - is risk of conflict, water - impure
                      - is risk of disease. Worse, these risks can lead to
                      disasters. They can destroy property  and ... life. Yet,
                      this should not always be the case. There is much we can
                      do. Each of us, teachers and students, we can take
                      action. In fact, we should take action because when it
                      is a matter of life and death, we should not expect
                      others to do it for us. It is in the light of the above
                      concern that the present booklet entitled Water and Risk
                      in Africa - A School's Guide has been produced. This
                      booklet seeks to help you to know more about risks and
                      disasters related to water, and also about what to do to
                      protect lives and property. It seeks to help you, as a
                      teacher, to help your students to be risk aware and
                      learn to protect their own lives and property. Still
                      better, it also seeks to help you, as a school student,
                      to help your family, your relatives and your friends to
                      protect their own lives and property.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10272
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
 
Title:             Women of the earth: nurturing the future
 
Publisher Date:    Bonn : UNCCD, 2005
 
Subject(s):        Desertification
                   Gender
 
Publisher:         Bonn : UNCCD, 2005
 
Description:       31 p. : ill. (Col.)
 
Notes:             Case studies from all over the world about the inputs of
                      women management of natural resources and their impact
                      in the combat against desertification.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10273
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Other Author(s):   Norse, Elliott A.
                   Center for Marine Conservation
                   World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
                   World Conservation Union (IUCN)
                   United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
 
Title:             Global marine biological diversity : a strategy for
                      building conservation into decision making
 
Publisher Date:    Washington, DC : Island Press, 1993
 
Subject(s):        Biodiversity
 
Publisher:         Washington, DC : Island Press, 1993
 
Description:       xxxii, 383 p. : ill.
 
Notes:             Includes bibliographical references p. 327-354, glossary.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10274
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       UN-Water
 
Title:             Coping with Water Scarcity: A strategic issue and priority
                      for system-wide action
 
Publisher Date:    UN-Water 2006
 
Subject(s):        Water scarcity
                   Coping capacity
                   Freshwater
                   Sustainable development
                   Water management
 
Publisher:         UN-Water 2006
 
Description:       12 p. (col. ill.)
 
Notes:             UN-Water is the mechanism coordinating the actions of the
                      United Nations (UN) system aimed at implementing the
                      agenda set by the Millennium Declaration and the World
                      Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in all aspects
                      related to freshwater. UN-Water has grown out of many
                      years of extensive collaboration and partnership among
                      the UN agencies. These efforts have helped to achieve
                      significant progress and to bring water and
                      water-related issues to the top of the political agenda.
                      UN-Water has identified coping with water scarcity as
                      part of the strategic issues and priorities requiring
                      joint action. This note presents the UN-Water joint plan
                      of action (PoA) for this thematic initiative and
                      describes its elements.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10275
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
 
Title:             Making Progress on Environmental Sustainability: Lessons
                      and Recommendations from a review of over 150 MDG
                      Country Reports
 
Publisher Date:    UNDP 2006
 
Subject(s):        Millennium Development Goals
                   Governance
                   Poverty
                   Prevention
                   Recovery
                   Environment
                   Energy
                   HIV/AIDS
                   Human rights
                   Gender
                   Land management
                   Sustainable development
                   Water
                   Desertification
                   Lessons learned
 
Publisher:         UNDP 2006
 
Description:       86 p.
 
Notes:             Includes bibliographical references
                   Environmental sustainability shows weak progress towards
                      the targets and insufficient monitoring capacity and
                      systems. While the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
                      framework is offers advantages in being managed as a
                      group of interrelated targets, Millennium Development
                      Goal 7 (MDG 7) on environmental sustainability warrants
                      particular attention given the weaknesses both in
                      monitoring and in overall progress.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10276
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations (FAO)
 
Title:             Drought impact mitigation and prevention in the Limpopo
                      River Basin, A situation analysis: Land and Water
                      Discussion Paper 4
 
Publisher Date:    FAO 2004
 
Subject(s):        Drought
                   Mitigation
                   Prevention
                   Climate
                   Rainfall
                   Forecast
                   Geology
                   Erosion
                   Environment
                   Water resources
                   Land degradation
                   Vegetation
                   Economics
                   Desertification
                   Policy
                   HIV/AIDS
                   Poverty
                   Food security
                   Land use
                   Agriculture
                   Irrigation
                   Forestry
                   Community action
                   South Africa
 
Publisher:         FAO 2004
 
Description:       160 p. (col. maps)
 
Notes:             Includes bibliography p. 149-160
                   In southern Africa, more frequent exposure to drought
                      events causes agricultural production to be out of
                      equilibrium with the seasonal conditions, representing
                      an inability on the part of most smallholders to adjust
                      land use to climate variability. Thus, managing for
                      drought is about managing for the risks associated with
                      agriculture, and managing for climate variability must
                      become the norm rather than the exception. Farmers must
                      either increase agricultural productivity or develop
                      alternative sources of income if their livelihoods are
                      to be sustained. Acceptance of this principle implies
                      the need to better understand the underlying
                      environmental, economic and social causes of drought
                      impacts, and to identify mitigating actions that will
                      address these underlying causes of vulnerability to
                      future droughts. The situation analysis presented in
                      this report aims to provide readers with an
                      understanding of the people and their environment in the
                      Limpopo River Basin in southern Africa, covering parts
                      of the four countries of Botswana, Mozambique, South
                      Africa and Zimbabwe. It examines the biophysical,
                      socio-economic and institutional characteristics of the
                      basin and captures details of past programmes and
                      practices. It concludes with a section on lessons
                      learned and proposes options and strategies for
                      sustainable development, with a focus on drought impact
                      mitigation.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10277
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       Stahl, Kerstin
 
Title:             Hydrological Drought, a Study across Europe: Dissertation
                      zur Vergabe des Doktorgrades der Geowissenschaftlichen
                      Fakultät der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i.
                      Br.
 
Publisher Date:    Institut für Hydrologie der Universität Freiburg 2001
 
Subject(s):        Drought
                   Meteorology
                   Climate
                   Geology
                   Hydrology
                   Modeling
                   Climate change
                   Prediction
                   Risk assessment
                   Europe
 
Publisher:         Institut für Hydrologie der Universität Freiburg 2001
 
Description:       122 p. (maps)
 
Notes:             Includes bibliography p. 107-112
                   Aiming at a better understanding of drought causes and
                      processes, the present study investigated hydrological
                      drought characteristics in space and time and their
                      large-scale atmospheric driving forces in Europe. On the
                      basis of daily streamflow data of more than 600 European
                      rivers for 1962-1990, two types of events were defined:
                      streamflow drought, defined by a seasonally constant
                      threshold and streamflow deficiency, defined by a new
                      varying threshold level method. By the means of cluster
                      analysis, the 602 streamflow deficiency series across
                      Europe were classified into 19 regions. A regional
                      streamflow deficiency index (RDI) provided a parameter
                      describing how strong a region is affected by streamflow
                      deficiency. This index allowed a first assessment of the
                      space-time characteristics of the major dry spells in
                      Europe in 1962-90. Regions such as Spain, SE-UK,
                      S-Scandinavia and N-Germany show a tendency to
                      persistent dry spells while the index fluctuates more
                      strongly in other regions. Anomalies of atmospheric
                      circulation patterns (Europäische Grosswetterlagen)
                      during severe regional streamflow deficit were analysed.
                      The grouped circulation patterns (CP) provide an
                      adequate input for a new model to predict the regional
                      streamflow deficiency index. Two different applications
                      of the CP-RDI link model were tested: historic
                      reconstruction and scenario prediction of regional
                      streamflow deficiency indices. The reconstruction since
                      1881 confirms the trend towards drier conditions in the
                      end of the 20th century in Spain and shows changes
                      towards longer dry spells after the 1960s in some
                      regions. The response to the scenario, which was
                      motivated by changes in circulation patterns attributed
                      to climate change, confirm that Europe will be exposed
                      to generally wetter conditions, however rare and severe
                      drought may increase in some regions.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10278
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       World Bank
 
Title:             Hazards of nature, risks to development: An IEG Evaluation
                      of World Bank Assistance for Natural Disasters
 
Publisher Date:    World Bank 2006
 
Subject(s):        Hazards
                   Development
                   Natural disasters
                   Recovery
                   Response
                   Reconstruction
                   Disaster risk management
                   Prediction
                   Planning
                   Poverty
                   Vulnerability
                   Policy
                   Relief
                   Preparedness
                   Prevention
                   Mitigation
                   Economics
                   Building codes
 
Publisher:         World Bank 2006
 
Description:       181 p. (ill.)
 
Notes:             Includes bibliography p. 179-181
                   This evaluation of the World Bank's experience with natural
                      disasters was done be the Independent Evaluation
                      Group-World Bank at the request of the Bank's Board of
                      Executive Directors. Natural disasters are affecting
                      development in many countries, setting back hard-won
                      development gains. This report is a comprehensive review
                      of disaster preparedness and response. The report calls
                      for new thinking that integrates predictable disaster
                      risks into development programs. It concludes that it is
                      possible to anticipate where many natural disasters will
                      strike, yet expresses concerns that the World Bank's
                      disaster assistance efforts are underutilizing these
                      vital lifesaving forecasts.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10279
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
 
Title:             Making a difference
 
Publisher Date:    UNCCD 2002
 
Subject(s):        Desertification
                   Community action
                   Desert
                   Land degradation
                   Forestry
                   Aridity
                   Cameroon
                   Niger
                   Chile
                   Burkina Faso
                   Moldova
                   Nambia
                   Togo
                   Brazil
                   Maroc
                   Ethiopia
                   Tchad
                   Kazakhstan
                   Senegal
                   Zambia
                   Kenya
                   Congo
                   Ghana
 
Publisher:         UNCCD 2002
 
Description:       54 p. (ill.)
 
Notes:             Bilingual English French
                   The Convention has been particularly successful in securing
                      the participation of local communities in the
                      decision-making and implementation processes, without
                      which enduring and effective changes needed to fight
                      land degradation and desertification would not be
                      possible. This publication is a collection of stories
                      that good examples of how local communities in different
                      parts of the world have each sought to tackle the
                      problem of land degradation and desertification in
                      partnership with non-governmental organizations,
                      international organizations and other institutions.
                      While some have just started to fight the problem,
                      others are collecting and enjoying the fruits of their
                      successful projects, ready and eager to replicate their
                      experiences in other communities.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10280
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
 
Title:             Water, a shared responsibility: The United Nations World
                      Water Development Report 2, Executive Summary
 
Publisher Date:    UN-Water 2006
 
Subject(s):        Water
                   Governance
                   Urban
                   Freshwater
                   Ecosystem
                   Coastal areas
                   Development
                   Food security
                   Agriculture
                   Rural
                   Industry
                   Energy
                   Response
                   Disaster risk management
                   Capacity building
 
Publisher:         UN-Water 2006
 
Description:       52 p. (col. ill.)
 
Notes:             For some, the water crisis means having to walk long
                      distances every day to fetch enough drinking water -
                      clean or unclean - just to get by. For others, it means
                      suffering from avoidable malnutrition or disease caused
                      by drought, flood or inadequate sanitation. Still others
                      experience it as a lack of funds, institutions or
                      knowledge to solve local problems of water use and
                      allocation. Bearing in mind users needs, the 2006 Report
                      aims to be practical in orientation, offers best
                      practices as well as in-depth theoretical and analytic
                      analyses to help stimulate ideas and actions for better
                      stewardship in the water sector. The use of hundreds of
                      maps, tables, figures, boxed examples, indicators and
                      case studies illustrate that only our global cooperation
                      will help to ensure an integrated, equitable and
                      sustainable management of the world's most precious
                      resource - water.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10281
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       Birkmann, Jörn
 
Title:             Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Towards   
                      Disaster Resilient Societies
 
Publisher Date:    UNU 2006
 
Subject(s):        Vulnerability
                   Natural hazards
                   Resilience
                   Indicators
                   Environment
                   Disaster risk reduction
                   Disaster risk management
                   Risk assessment
                   Human security
                   Community action
                   Development
                   Coping capacity
                   Lessons learned
                   Capacity
                   Floods
                   Finance
                   Sri Lanka
                   Indonesia
                   Tanzania
                   Europe
                   Americas
 
Publisher:         UNU 2006
 
Description:       524 p. (col. ill.)
 
Notes:             Includes bibliographical references and index
                   A seemingly non-stop series of disasters has shown that
                      societies worldwide seem unprepared for the threats
                      posed by natural hazards. The tragic impacts of these
                      events drew short-term attention from policy makers, the
                      media and the general public, but their response was too
                      late to prevent serious harm. Societies need to measure
                      their vulnerabilities in advance, and make adequate
                      provisions. This publication presents a broad range of
                      current approaches to measuring vulnerability and
                      contains concrete experiences and examples from Africa,
                      Asia, the Americas and Europe to illustrate the
                      theoretical analyses.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10282
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       Sinha, Dilip Kumar
 
Title:             Natural Disaster Reduction: South East Asian    Realities,
                      Risk Perception and Global Strategies
 
Publisher Date:    Anthem Press 2007
 
Subject(s):        Natural disasters
                   Disaster risk reduction
                   Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004
                   Coastal areas
                   Vulnerability
                   Climate change
                   Early warning systems
                   Impact assessment
                   Risk assessment
                   South East Asia
 
Publisher:         Anthem Press 2007
 
Description:       141 p. (ill.)
 
Notes:             Includes bibliography p. 140-141
                   The recent tsunami in the Indian Ocean has caused
                      considerable seismic unrest, this volume focuses on
                      exposing the coastal vulnerability of the area. This
                      global concern is all the more prevalent since the Hyogo
                      Declaration at Kobe, Japan in January 2005 along with
                      the Asian Summit in Indonesia. The purpose of this
                      treatise is to bring to the fore the characteristics of
                      the disastrous events of the region, seeking to present
                      not only the continuing fatalities and fragilities of
                      the area but also the possibilities of grappling with
                      natural disasters.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10283
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       Deakin, Mark
 
Other Author(s):   Mitchell, Gordon
                   Nijkamp, Peter
                   Vreeker, Ron
 
Title:             Sustainable Urban Development, Volume 2: The Environmental
                      Assessment Methods
 
Publisher Date:    Routledge 2007
 
Subject(s):        Environment
                   Risk assessment
                   Urban areas
                   Development
                   Sustainable development
                   Planning
                   Modeling
                   Economics
                   Land use
                   Building codes
 
Publisher:         Routledge 2007
 
Description:       531 p. (ill.)
 
Notes:             Includes bibliographical references and index
                   This second volume of the Sustainable Urban Development
                      Series focuses on assessing the impact of the urban
                      process and providing statements as to the
                      sustainability of development plans, programmes and
                      projects. It sets out the regulatory framework and
                      revisits the methodological issues presented in Volume 1
                      of the series, providing detailed examination of
                      environmental, economic and social evaluations of
                      sustainable urban development. Sustainable Urban
                      Development Volume 2: The Environmental Assessment
                      Methods draws attention to the impact that development -
                      in the form of buildings, utilities and transportation
                      systems - has on natural resource consumption and the
                      quality of cultural heritage.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10284
Location:          ISDR Main
 
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Database:          UN/ISDR Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Primary Material:  Monograph (print, microform, electronic, etc)
 
Main Author:       Sassa, Kyoji
 
Other Author(s):   Fukuoka, Hiroshi
                   Wang, Fawu
                   Wang, Gonghui
 
Title:             Progress in Landslide Science
 
Publisher Date:    Springer 2007
 
Subject(s):        Research
                   Science
                   Landslides
                   Geology
                   Geography
                   Slopes
                   Erosion
                   Soil mechanics
                   Modeling
                   Earthquake
                   Rainfall
                   Monitoring
                   Remote sensing
                   Response
                   Risk assessment
                   Early warning systems
                   Heritage
                   Mitigation
                   Dams
                   Water
                   Climate
                   Meteorology
                   Seismology
                   Rehabilitation
                   Floods
                   Afghanistan
                   Peru
                   Slovakia
                   United Kingdom
 
Publisher:         Springer 2007
 
Description:       378 p. (col. ill.)
 
Notes:             Includes bibliographical references and index
                   This book presents current progress in landslide science
                      and consists of four parts: (1) Progress in Landslide
                      Science, (2) Landslide Dynamics, (3) Landslide
                      Monitoring, and (4) Landslide Risk Assessment. It
                      provides useful information to academics, practitioners,
                      and government officers working on landslide
                      risk-mitigation planning. This book can be also used as
                      an introductory textbook for college students who wish
                      to learn fundamental scientific achievements in the
                      field of landslide disaster reduction.
 
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Call Number:       DRR10285
Location:          ISDR Main
 
 
 
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