Disaster risk reduction in agriculture / Mukhtar Ahmed, Shakeel Ahmad, editors.
This book is related to disaster risk reduction in agriculture particularly under changing climate. Climate change refers to significant, long-term changes in the global climate. There is unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate. Human activity is the principal cause. The...
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2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Editors and Contributors
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Climate Change and Farming System: A Review of Status, Potentials, and Further Work Needs for Disaster Risk Reduction
- 1 Introduction
- 2 On-Farm Diversification: Key Components of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
- 3 Climate-Proof Crops in the Farming Systems
- 4 Climate Change and Farm-Level Adaptation
- 5 Smallholder Crop-Livestock System: Case Study in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 6 Farm Size in Pakistan and Climate Smart Agriculture
- 7 Conclusion
- 6.5 Socioeconomic Factors of Vulnerability and Preparedness
- 6.6 Adverse Effects on Measurements of the Opposite Hazard
- 7 Conclusion
- References
- Agricultural Producers' Behavioral Adaptation to Climate Change Disaster in Turkiye
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Studies on Human Behavioral in the Combat Against Climate Change Disaster in Turkiye
- 3 Case Study from Nevşehir Province of Turkiye
- 3.1 Research Area
- 3.2 Sampling Method
- 3.3 Statistical Analyses
- 4 Research Findings
- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations
- References
- Water Management Strategies for Agricultural Disasters
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Agricultural Disaster Impact on the Economy
- 3 Flood Risk
- 3.1 Flood Losses
- 3.2 Flood Analysis and Forecasting Techniques
- 4 Flash Floods
- 5 Droughts
- 5.1 Causes of Drought
- 5.2 Drought Mechanism and Predictability
- 5.3 Drought Monitoring Indices
- 5.4 Spatial-Temporal Variation of Drought
- 5.5 Losses Due to Droughts
- 5.6 Drought Impact on Agriculture
- 5.7 Drought Impact on Crop Yield
- 6 Flood and Drought Management Strategies
- 6.1 Basin Scale Water Management
- 6.2 Interventions in Source Areas
- 6.3 Interventions in Plain Areas
- 6.4 Flood and Drought Management at Field Scale
- 7 Extreme Weather Disasters
- 7.1 Effect of Extreme Weather Conditions at Catchment Scale
- 7.2 Impact on Crop Yields in Irrigated Areas
- 7.3 Water Management Strategies for Extreme Weather Conditions
- 8 Salinity and Waterlogging
- 8.1 Waterlogging and Salinity Management
- 9 Conclusions
- References
- Disaster Impacts on Soils and Their Management
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Floods
- 2.1 Impact
- 2.2 Vulnerability to Flood Disasters