Table of Contents
Introduction
Harry Diaz, Margot Hurlburt, and Jim Warren
Part 1: Framing the Book
Chapter 1: Drought and Vulnerability, A Conceptual Approach
Johanna Wandel, Harry Diaz, Jim Warren, Monica Hadarits, Margot Hurlburt, and Jeremy Pittman
Part 2: Past and Future Drought: Lessons from Climate Science
Chapter 2: Canadian Prairies Drought from a Paleoclimate Perspective
David Sauchyn and Samantha Kerr
Chapter 3: Future Possible Droughts
Elaine Wheaton, David Sauchyna, and Berry Bonsal
Part 3: Dealing with Prairie Droughts: Crises and Adaptive Resources
Chapter 4: The Impacts of the 2001-2 Drought in Rural Alberta and Saskatchewan, and Canada
Suren Kulshreshtha, Elaine Wheaton, and Virginia Wittrock
Chapter 5: The "Min Till" Revolution and the Culture of Innovation
Jim Warren
Chapter 6: The Troubled State of Irrigation in Southwester Saskatchewan: The Effects of Climate Variability and Government Offloading on Vuldernabule Community
Jim Warren
Chapter 7: Gendering Change: Canadian Farm Women Respond to Drought
Amber J. Fletcher and Erin Knuttila
Part 4: Governance Systems for Prairie Drought and Water Management
Chapter 8: Drought and Public Policy in the Palliser Triangle: The Historical Perspective
Gregory P. Marchildon
Chapter 9: The Governance of Droughts
Margot Hurlburt
Chapter 10: Water Governance in the Prairie Provinces
Margot Hurlburt
Part 5: Strategic Planning and Drought
Chapter 11: Values Analysis as a Decision Support Tool to Manage Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought
Darrell R. Corkal, Bruce Morito, and Alejandro Rojas
Chapter 12: Bridging Knowledge Systems for Drought Preparedness: A Case Study for the Swift Current Creek Watershed (Canada)
Jeremy Pittman, Darrel R. Corkal, Monica Hadarits, Tom Harrison, Margot Hurlburt, and Arlene Unvoas
Part 6: Learning from Other Experiences
Chapter 13: Drought Risks and Opportunities in the Chilean Grape and Wine Industry: A Case Study of the Maule Region
Monica Hadarits, Paula Santibáñez, and Jeremy Pittman
Chapter 14: Drought in the Oasis of Central Western Argentina
Elma Montaña and José Armando Boninsegna
Part 7: Concluding Remarks
Conclusion
Margot Hurlbert, Harry Diaz, and Jim Warren
Index
