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Julie Simonetti & Matt Suricka
Drought in the United States
Causes, Considerations and Policy Recommendations

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Drought is a natural hazard with potentially significant societal, economic, and environmental consequences. Public policy issues related to drought range from how to identify and measure drought to how best to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate drought impacts, and who should bear such costs. This book provides information relevant to drought policy discussions by describing the physical causes of drought, drought history in the United States, examples of regional drought conditions, and policy challenges related to drought.

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Format PDF ● Pages 123 ● ISBN 9781622575619 ● Editor Julie Simonetti & Matt Suricka ● Publisher Nova Science Publishers ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7221980 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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