1. Introduction
PART I: Agronomy, Irrigation Technology, and Water Supply
2. Adapting Irrigated Agriculture to Drought in the San Joaquin Valley of California
3. Impact of Drought on Adelaide’s Water Supply System: Past, Present and Future
4. Living with Drought in the Irrigated Agriculture of the Ebro Basin (Spain): Structural and Water Management Actions
5. Irrigation and Drought in a Southern Australian Climate that is Arid, Variable, and Changing
6. Irrigation Associations Coping with Drought: The Case of Four Irrigation Districts in Eastern Spain
7. Crop Choices with Limiting Water Supplies: Deficit Irrigation and Sensitive Crop Growth Stages
8. Drought Adaptation Measures and Risk Tolerance of Commercial, Small-Scale and Subsistence Maize Farmers in the Free State and Northwest Province of South Africa
PART II: Ecological Impacts of Drought
9. Impacts of Water Scarcity and Drought on Iberian Aquatic Ecosystems
10. Ecological Responses and Interactions with Drought in the Southwestern United States
11. Agriculture, Water Mismanagement and Ecosystem Transformations in the Cuatrociénegas Valley in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico
12. The Murray-Darling Basin: Ecosystem Response to Drought and Climate Change
PART III: Hydrology and Water Resource Systems
13. Drought Planning and Management in the Júcar River Basin, Spain
14. Drought as a Catalyst for Change: A Case Study of the Steenkoppies Dolomitic Aquifer
15. Evaluation of Groundwater Flow System Functioning in Mexico to Reduce Drought Impacts
16. Drought and Climate Change in the Murray-Darling Basin: A Hydrological Perspective
17. Climate Change Impacts on California’s Water Resources
PART IV: Economic Considerations and Drought
18. Water Scarcity and Droughts in Spain: Impacts and Policy Measures
19. Modeling Economic-Engineering Responses to Drought – The California Case
20. Principles for Economically Efficient and Environmentally Sustainable Water Markets: The Australian Experience
21. Drought Management Strategies in South Africa and the Potential for Economic Policy Instruments
PART V: Water Management and Policy
22. Some Considerations Regarding Water Management in Mexico: Towards an Integrated Management System
23. Water Scarcity and Drought Management in the Ebro Basin
24. Responding to Extreme Drought in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia
25. Potential Political Impacts in Southern California of Drought-Related Water Availability and Rate Increases
26. Drought and its Role in Shaping Water Policy in Australia
PART VI: Conclusion
27. Summaries and Considerations
