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  1. Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. Part 1
  4. Drought and Vulnerability: A Conceptual Approach
  5. Part 2
  6. Canadian Prairies Drought from a Paleoclimate Perspective
  7. Future Possible Droughts
  8. Part 3
  9. The Impacts of the 2001–2 Drought in Rural Alberta and Saskatchewan, and Canada
  10. The “Min Till” Revolution and the Culture of Innovation
  11. The Troubled State of Irrigation in Southwestern Saskatchewan: The Effects of Climate Variability and Government Offloading on a Vulnerable Community
  12. Gendering Change: Canadian Farm Women Respond to Drought
  13. Part 4
  14. Drought and Public Policy in the Palliser Triangle: The Historical Perspective
  15. The Governance of Droughts
  16. Water Governance in the Prairie Provinces
  17. Part 5
  18. Values Analysis as a Decision Support Tool to Manage Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought
  19. Bridging Knowledge Systems for Drought Preparedness: A Case Study from the Swift Current Creek Watershed (Canada)
  20. Part 6
  21. Drought Risks and Opportunities in the Chilean Grape and Wine Industry: A Case Study of the Maule Region
  22. Drought in the Oasis of Central Western Argentina
  23. Part 7
  24. Conclusion
  25. Index

Vulnerability

and Adaptation
to Drought

Energy, Ecology, and the Environment Series

ISSN 1919-7144 (Print) ISSN 1925-2935 (Online)

This series explores how we live and work with each other on the planet, how we use its resources, and the issues and events that shape our thinking on energy, ecology, and the environment. The Alberta experience in a global arena is showcased.

No. 1 · Places: Linking Nature, Culture and Planning
J. Gordon Nelson and Patrick L. Lawrence

No. 2 · A New Era for Wolves and People: Wolf Recovery, Human Attitudes, and Policy
Edited by Marco Musiani, Luigi Boitani,
and Paul Paquet

No. 3 · The World of Wolves: New Perspectives on Ecology, Behaviour and Management
Edited by Marco Musiani, Luigi Boitani,
and Paul Paquet

No. 4 · Parks, Peace, and Partnership: Global Initiatives in Transboundary Conservation
Edited by Michael S. Quinn, Len Broberg,
and Wayne Freimund

No. 5 · Wilderness and Waterpower: How Banff National Park Became a Hydroelectric Storage Reservoir
Christopher Armstrong and H. V. Nelles

No. 6 · L’Alberta Autophage: Identités, mythes et discours du pétrole dans l’Ouest canadien
Dominique Perron

No. 7 · Greening the Maple: Canadian Ecocriticism in Context Edited by Ella Soper and Nicholas Bradley

No. 8 · Petropolitics: Petroleum Development, Markets and Regulations, Alberta as an Illustrative History
Alan J. MacFadyen and G. Campbell Watkins

No. 9 · Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought: The Canadian Prairies and South America
Edited by Harry Diaz, Margot Hurlbert, and Jim Warren

© 2016 Harry Diaz, Margot Hurlbert, and Jim Warren

University of Calgary Press

2500 University Drive NW

Calgary, Alberta

Canada T2N 1N4

press.ucalgary.ca

This book is available as an ebook which is licensed under a Creative Commons licence. The

publisher should be contacted for any commercial use which falls outside the terms of that license.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Vulnerability and adaptation to drought : the Canadian prairies and South
America / edited by Harry Diaz, Margot Hurlbert, and Jim Warren.

(Energy, ecology, and the environment series, ISSN 1919-7144 ; no. 9)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-55238-819-8 (paperback).–ISBN 978-1-55238-821-1 (pdf).–
ISBN 978-1-55238-820-4 (open access pdf).–ISBN 978-1-55238-822-8 (epub).–
ISBN 978-1-55238-823-5 (mobi)

1. Droughts–Prairie Provinces. 2. Droughts–South America. 3. Drought
management–Prairie Provinces. 4. Drought management–South America.
I. Diaz, Harry P., author, editor II. Hurlbert, Margot Ann, 1964-, author,
editor III. Warren, Jim W. (Jim William), author, editor IV. Series: Energy,
ecology, and the environment series ; no. 9

QC929.28.C32P72 2016 363.34’929709712 C2016-901975-6
C2016-901976-4

The University of Calgary Press acknowledges the support of the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Media Fund for our publications. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities. We acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program.

This book was completed with the generous support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Cover image: #4650692 (colourbox.com)

Copyediting by Kelley Kissner

Cover design, page design, and typesetting by Melina Cusano

Contents

Introduction
Authors: Harry Diaz, Margot Hurlbert, and Jim Warren

PART 1: FRAMING THE BOOK

Chapter 1: Drought and Vulnerability: A Conceptual Approach
Authors: Johanna Wandel, Harry Diaz, Jim Warren, Monica Hadarits, Margot Hurlbert, and Jeremy Pittman

PART 2: PAST AND FUTURE DROUGHT:
LESSONS FROM CLIMATE SCIENCE

Chapter 2: Canadian Prairies Drought from a Paleoclimate Perspective
Authors: David Sauchyn and Samantha Kerr

Chapter 3: Future Possible Droughts
Authors: Elaine Wheaton, David Sauchyn, and Barrie Bonsal

PART 3: DEALING WITH PRAIRIE DROUGHTS:
CRISES AND ADAPTIVE RESPONSES

Chapter 4: The Impacts of the 2001–2 Drought in Rural Alberta and Saskatchewan, and Canada
Authors: Suren Kulshreshtha, Elaine Wheaton, and Virginia Wittrock

Chapter 5: The “Min Till” Revolution and the Culture of Innovation
Author: Jim Warren

Chapter 6: The Troubled State of Irrigation in Southwestern Saskatchewan: The Effects of Climate Variability and Government Offloading on a Vulnerable Community
Author: Jim Warren

Chapter 7: Gendering Change: Canadian Farm Women Respond to Drought
Authors: 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
Author: Gregory P. Marchildon

Chapter 9: The Governance of Droughts
Author: Margot Hurlbert

Chapter 10: Water Governance in the Prairie Provinces
Author: Margot Hurlbert

PART 5: STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DROUGHT

Chapter 11: Values Analysis as a Decision Support Tool to Manage Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought
Authors: Darrell R. Corkal, Bruce Morito, and Alejandro Rojas

Chapter 12: Bridging Knowledge Systems for Drought Preparedness: A Case Study from the Swift Current Creek Watershed (Canada)
Authors: Jeremy Pittman, Darrell R. Corkal, Monica Hadarits, Tom Harrison, Margot Hurlbert, 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
Authors: Monica Hadarits, Paula Santibáñez, and Jeremy Pittman

Chapter 14: Drought in the Oasis of Central Western Argentina
Authors: Elma Montaña and José Armando Boninsegna

PART 7: CONCLUDING REMARKS

Conclusion
Authors: Margot Hurlbert, Harry Diaz, and Jim Warren

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