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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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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Ahmed, Mukhtar, Ahmad, Shakeel (Agriculturist)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, 2023.
Series:Disaster resilience and green growth.
Subjects:
Crops and climate.
Sustainable agriculture.
Hazard mitigation.
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

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