Droughts in Chile

Chapter 1. Introduction: Interdisciplinary vision of drought.- Chapter 2. Definition and characterization of drought.- Part I. Setting and country context: Drought impacts in Chile.- Chapter 3. The Chilean economy: A general profile.- Chapter 4. Climatic profile of Chile and drought characteristics in Chile.- Chapter 5. Economic Impacts of Droughts on Agriculture and Urban Water Supply sector.- Chapter 6. Impacts of droughts on water quality: Processes and monitoring.- Chapter 7. Institutionality, governance and drought management policies in Chile.- Part II. Comparative experiences in drought management.- Chapter 8. Drought Policy Overview: Insights from South America region.- Chapter 9. Drought policy and governance in Spain: New tools and remaining challenges.- Chapter 10. Understanding Drought in California.- Chapter 11. Drought policy in Australia.- Part III. Improving drought management in Chile: Policy proposals and adaptation options.- Chapter 12. General assessment of drought management and proposals.- Chapter 13. Towards a drought monitoring, tracking, and management platform based on quantitative indices.- Chapter 14. Remote sensing phenology as a tool for monitoring the impact of drought on forest ecosystem productivity in temperate forests of South America.- Chapter 15. Sentinel Hydrological Processes: Informing Drought Management Strategies in Chile.- Chapter 16. Contingent agreements to reduce the impacts of droughts on human water consumption.- Chapter 17. Water reuse in Chile: An alternative to face the drought.- Chapter 18. Desalinization in times of drought.- Chapter 19. Evaluation of multipurpose reservoir operating policies at basin and electric power system scale.- Chapter 20. Conclusions.