Disaster risk reduction in agriculture / Mukhtar Ahmed, Shakeel Ahmad, editors.
Ahmed, Mukhtar.; Ahmad, Shakeel (Agriculturist)
2023
S600.5 .D573 2023
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Title Disaster risk reduction in agriculture / Mukhtar Ahmed, Shakeel Ahmad, editors.
ISBN 9789819917631 (electronic bk.)
9819917638 (electronic bk.)
981991762X
9789819917624
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1763-1
Imprint Singapore : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (563 p.).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-99-1763-1 doi
Call Number S600.5 .D573 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 630.2515
Summary 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 planets average surface temperature has risen to about 1oC since the late 19th century and most of the warming occurred in the past 40 years. The years 2016 and 2020 are tied for the warmest year on the record. Similarly, other evidence of rapid climate change includes warming of oceans, shrinking of ice sheets, retreating glaciers, decreasing snow cover, rising of sea level, declining artic sea ice, increased frequency of extreme events, ocean acidification and loss of biodiversity. Hence, climate change impacts, both extreme weather and slow-onset events, have impacted several sectors of the national economies and activities, in particular agriculture and food production, augmented by other challenges be it geopolitical, cost of finance or supply chain related, and in a time of increased food insecurity. Without CO2 fertilization, effective adaptation, and genetic improvement, each degree-Celsius increase in global mean temperature would, on average, reduce global yields of wheat by 6.0%, rice by 3.2%, maize by 7.4%, and soybean by 3.1%. Hence this book is useful as a study material to teach in the field of agriculture and climate change. The book is useful for instructors and postgraduate as well as undergraduate students involved in the study of climate change. The book also provide guidance to multiple stakeholders to design mitigation and adaptation efforts to climate change and ensure food security in the developing world.
Note 2.2.1 Physical Characteristics
Bibliography, etc. Note References -- Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) -- 3 Natural Disaster -- 4 Global Climate Pattern -- 5 Measures to Reduce Hazard -- 5.1 Dikes or Dykes or Levees -- 5.2 Dams -- 5.3 Hill Torrent/Storm Water Control and Upstream Management -- 5.4 Underground Storage -- 6 Exposure and Vulnerability Management -- 6.1 Migration -- 6.2 Adverse Effects on Measurements of the Opposite Hazard -- 6.3 Agricultural Practices and Land Use Changes -- 6.4 Negative Effects of the Opposite Hazard on Measurements
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 15, 2023).
Added Author Ahmed, Mukhtar.
Ahmad, Shakeel (Agriculturist)
Series Disaster resilience and green growth.
Available in Other Form Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture
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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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