Handbook of Nature-Based Drought Solutions

Table of Contents

Part 1-Introduction
1. An Introduction to Drought Nature-Based Solutions
2. Reimagining the Indoor Water Footprint

Part 2-Building Social Capacity
3. Building Social Capital and Community Resilience
4. Water Governance Reform and Social Marketing Campaigns
5. Developing Social Capital and Enhancing Community Resilience

Part 3-Climate-Smart and Dry Farming Techniques
6. Climate[1]Smart and Dry Farming Techniques
7. Climate-Smart and Dry Farming Techniques
8. Climate[1]Smart and Dry Farming Techniques

Part 4- Agricultural Water Efficiency Improvement
9. Developing Floating Gardens to Improve Water Efficiency I
10. Developing Floating Gardens to Improve Water Efficiency II
11. Deciduous Trees to Reduce Energy Needs and Evapotranspiration
12. Genetically Modified Crops with Enhanced Drought Tolerance
13. Micro-irrigation and Sensor-based Irrigation Controls
14. Treating and Reusing Agricultural Drainage Water

Part 5-Drought Early Action Plan
15. Drought Images in the Social Sciences School Textbooks (Primary Education, Spain)
16. Drought Early Action Plans[1]

Part 6-Drought Resilient Urban and Regional Planning
17. Drought Resilient Urban and Regional Planning I
18. Drought Resilient Urban and Regional Planning II
19. Drought Resilient Urban and Regional Planning III
20. Drought Resilient Urban and Regional Planning IV
21. Drought Resilient Urban and Regional Planning,V
22. Drought Risk Management and Contingency Planning

Part 7-Ecological Restoration of Degraded Lands After Drought
23. Ecological Restoration of Degraded Lands After Drought I
24. Ecological Restoration of Degraded Lands After Drought II
25. Ecological Restoration of Degraded Lands After Drought III

Part 8-Green Infrastructure Planning
26. Green Infrastructure Planning I
27. Green Infrastructure Planning II
28. Green Infrastructure Planning III

Part 9-Integrated Urban Water Management
29. Integrated Urban Water Management I
30. Integrated Urban Water Management II
31. Integrated Urban Water Management III
32. Integrated Flood and Drought Management Planning

Part 10- River Basin Management and Conservation
33. Permeable Pavements and Gabion Baskets for Rainwater Infiltration
34. Prescribed Burning to Reduce Wildfire Risk and Severity
35. Rainwater Harvesting by Ridge and Furrow Techniques
36. Case Studies of Grassland/Savanna/Veldt Ecosystems in Africa
37. Community Based Watershed Management in India
38. Community-based Watershed Management in Africa

Part 11-Soft-Computing Technique Application
39. Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture Monitoring
40. Temperature Increase Prediction using Soft Computing Techniques for a Drought-Effected Region
41. Hydrological and Agricultural Drought Forecasting Based on ANFIS Hybridized with Various Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms
42. Climate Change Impact on drought Intensity and Period

Part 12- Weather-based Modification Examples
43. The Social Impacts of Fog Catchers in Chile
44. Fog Harvesting and Dew Collection
45. Indigenous Weather Forecasting and Risk Communication[1]

Part 13-Transboundary Mega-basin Management
46. Transboundary Mega-basin Management I
47. Transboundary Mega-basin Management II

Authors

Saeid Eslamian Distinguished Full Professor, Disaster Relief: Resilient and Sustainable Water Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran.

Saeid Eslamian received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of New South Wales, Australia in 1998. Saeid was Visiting Professor in Princeton University and ETH Zurich in 2005 and 2008 respectively. He has contributed to more than 1K publications in journals, conferences, books. Eslamian has been appointed as 2-Percent Top Researcher by Stanford University for several years. Currently, he is full professor of Hydrology and Water Resources and Director of Excellence Center in Risk Management and Natural Hazards. Isfahan University of Technology, His scientific interests are Floods, Droughts, Water Reuse, Climate Change Adaptation, Sustainability and Resilience

Faezeh Eslamian Project Manager, GHD, Quebec, Canada. Faezeh Eslamian is a PhD holder of bioresource engineering from McGill University. Her research focuses on the development of a novel lime-based product to mitigate phosphorus loss from agricultural fields. Faezeh completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, where she evaluated natural and low-cost absorb bents for the removal of pollutants such as textile dyes and heavy metals. Furthermore, she has conducted research on the worldwide water quality standards and wastewater reuse guidelines. Faezeh is an experienced multidisciplinary researcher with research interests in soil and water quality, environmental remediation, water reuse, and drought management.