Frequent drought events, recently occurred in different
Mediterranean regions, have highlighted a general inadequacy of the
current strategies applied to mitigate negative impacts of such
phenomenon on different water sectors. In particular, the lack of
timely drought monitoring systems, the difficulty in transferring
advanced methodologies for the assessment of drought risk to the
institutions responsible for water resources management, as well as
the complexity in defining simple and objective criteria to select
and implement appropriate mitigation measures, represent the main
limits to an efficient drought management policy.
These key issues have been tackled by universities and public
agencies involved in the EU projects Sedemed and Sedemed II
(Programme Interreg IIIB MEDOCC), aimed at the definition of an
integrated network for real time monitoring of drought, the
development of common methodologies for drought analysis and
forecasting, as well as of mitigation strategies for the
Mediterranean countries.
This book presents the main outcomes of such projects with a
specific focus on: drought monitoring and forecasting techniques at
different spatial scales (Part I), new agrometeorological indices
and remote sensing technique for drought identification (Part II),
tools to improve surface water resources management under drought
condition (Part III), methods for monitoring and management
groundwater (Part IV) and mitigation strategies to prevent or face
drought impacts (Part V).
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