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.

"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

• EditorsContributors1 Definition of DroughtNeil A. Coles and Saeid Eslamian2 Desertification and DroughtVictor R. Squires3 Meteorological Drought Indices: DefinitionsNicolas R. Dalezios, Zoltan Dunkel, and Saeid Eslamian4 Hydrological Drought: Water Surface and Duration Curve IndicesManish Kumar Goyal, Vivek Gupta, and Saeid Eslamian5 Agricultural Drought Indices: Combining Crop, Climate, and Soil FactorsNicolas R. Dalezios, Anne Gobin, Ana M. Tarquis Alfonso, and Saeid Eslamian6 Agricultural Drought: Organizational PerspectivesParvaneh TishehZan and Saeid Eslamian7 Ocean Oscillation and Drought Indices: PrinciplesOlumide D. Onafeso8 Ocean Oscillation and Drought Indices: ApplicationMohammad Hadi Bazrkar and Saeid Eslamian9 Cause and Occurrence of DroughtRumia Basu, Chander Kumar Singh, and Saeid Eslamian10 Drought Modeling MethodsJoão Filipe Santos, Inmaculada Pulido-Calvo, and Maria Manuela Portela11 Drought Modeling ExamplesJavad Bazrafshan, Somayeh Hejabi, and Saeid Eslamian12 Observational Network and Drought MonitoringBrij Bhushan13 Real-Time Drought ManagementJonathan Peter Cox, Sara Shaeri Karimi, and Saeid Eslamian14 Monitoring, Assessment, and Forecasting of Drought Using Remote Sensing and the Geographical Information SystemVaibhav Garg and Saeid Eslamian15 Regionalization of Drought PredictionManish Kumar Goyal and Ashutosh Sharma16 Drought Severity in a Changing ClimateSergio M. Vicente-Serrano, Santiago Beguería, and Jesús Julio Camarero17 Drought Early Warning and Information SystemsRichard R. Heim Jr., Michael J. Brewer, Roger S. Pulwarty, Donald A. Wilhite, Michael J. Hayes, and Mannava V.K. Sivakumar18 Drought Assessment and Risk AnalysisNicolas R. Dalezios, Ana M. Tarquis Alfonso, and Saeid Eslamian19 New Approaches for Effective Drought Risk AssessmentYildirim Kayam and Muslum Beyazgül20 Drought and Acceptable Risks for Public SystemsAvanish K. Panikkar21 Remote Sensing in Drought Quantification and AssessmentNicolas R. Dalezios, Nicos V. Spyropoulos, and Saeid Eslamian22 NASA Satellite–Based Global Precipitation Products and Services for DroughtZhong Liu, Dana Ostrenga, William Teng, Steven J. Kempler, and Bruce Vollmer23 Application of Data-Driven Models in Drought ForecastingShahab Araghinejad, Seyed-Mohammad Hosseini-Moghari, and Saeid Eslamian24 Application of Intelligent Technology in Rainfall AnalysisMehdi Vafakhah and Saeid Eslamian25 Application of the Optimization Models and Decision Support Systems in DroughtEmery A. Coppola Jr., Manuel Sapiano, Michael Schembri, and Ferenc Szidarovszky26 Copula Functions and DroughtShahrbanou Madadgar and Hamid Moradkhani27 Drought Frequency Characterization in Spain by Means of T AnalysisJavier Álvarez-Rodríguez and Luis Miguel Barranco28 Rainfall Prediction Using Time Series AnalysisMehdi Vafakhah, Hussein Akbari Majdar, and Saeid Eslamian29 Meteorological Drought Indices: Rainfall Prediction in ArgentinaMarcela H. González, Eugenia M. Garbarini, Alfredo L. Rolla, and Saeid Eslamian30 Modeling Hydrological Process by ARIMA–GARCH Time SeriesReza Hadizadeh and Saeid Eslamian31 Gradation of Drought-Prone AreaNever Mujere, Xiaohua Yang, and Saeid Eslamian32 Social Aspects of Water Scarcity and DroughtJohanna Hohenthal and Paola Minoia33 Drought Losses to Local EconomyMd Mahmudul Haque, Amir Ahmed, Ataur Rahman, and Saeid Eslamian34 Analysis of Drought Factors Affecting the EconomyBapon S.H.M. Fakhruddin and Saeid EslamianIndex