Front Cover -- Drought Challenges -- Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research -- Drought Challenges: Policy Options for Developing Countries -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Editor Bios -- 1 - Drought risks in developing regions: challenges and opportunities -- Introduction -- Current and future vulnerability to drought -- Current exposure to drought hazards -- Livelihood sensitivity -- Adaptive capacity -- Future vulnerability to drought in developing regions -- Key topics covered in this volume -- Determinants of drought impacts and adaptation opportunities -- Early warning and monitoring systems -- Mechanisms for building resilience -- Policy options and lessons learned -- Information gaps and future needs -- References -- 2 - Drought, migration, and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa: what are the links and policy options? -- Introduction -- Climate change, migration, and conflict nexus: a conceptual overview -- Droughts, mobility, and conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Droughts, mobility, and conflict in West Africa -- Droughts, mobility, and conflict in Eastern Africa -- Droughts, mobility, and conflict in Southern Africa -- Summary and conclusions: what are the policy options? -- References -- Further reading -- 3 - Lessons from the El Nino-induced 2015/16 drought in the Southern Africa region -- Introduction -- Materials and methods -- A characterization of the drought phenomenon in Southern Africa -- Theoretical foundations-what constitutes a drought? -- Retrospective analysis of drought occurrence in Southern Africa -nature and impact of past droughts -- The 2015/16 El Nino-induced drought in Southern Africa -- Impacts of the drought on the various sectors, economic segments, and population groups -- Impacts on crops, livestock, and food and nutrition security.
1. Introduction 2. Drought, migration, and conflict: What are the links and policy options? 3. Lessons from the El Nino-Induced Drought for the Southern Africa Development Community 4. Latin America and Caribbean and Northeast Brazil 5. Drought in the Yucatan: Maya Perspectives on Tradition, Change, and Adaptation 6. Drought adaptation in rural Colombia 7. Drought and the Gendered Livelihoods implications for smallholder farmers 8. Integrating regional climate and drought characteristics for effective assessment and mitigation of droughts in India 9. Earth-observation based assessment of selected targets and indicators of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk 10. Drought Monitoring and assessment in South Asia: Focus on integration of satellite technology and the future of food security 11. Early Warning Systems for drought and violent conflict -- towards potential cross-pollination 12. Making weather index insurance rational and effective for agriculture and livestock forage: Policy lessons from Andhra Pradesh 13. Drought Risk Insurance 14. An assessment of early warning systems to drought resilience among agricultural communities in Tanzania, Kenya and Mali 15. Impact of Climate Smart Agriculture on Resilience of Households to Climate Change in Northern Uganda 16. Can Social Protection Schemes deliver Resilience? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia 17. Drought responses and livestock management strategies after severe drought in semi-arid area, Laikipia, Kenya 18. Building resilience to drought among small scale farmers in East African drylands: technological options and governance perspectives 19. Drought preparedness in the Arid Lands of Kenya: What have we learned? 20. Achieving policy coherence for drought resilient food security in SSA -- lessons from the Horn of Africa 21. Managing water scarcity in dryland Colorado 22. Conclusion
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