Elsevier Indigenous Water and Drought Management in a Changing World: Volume 4 (Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research, Volume 4)

Indigenous Water and Drought Management in a Changing World presents a series of global case studies that examine how different Indigenous groups are dealing with various water management challenges and finding creative and culturally specific ways of developing solutions to these challenges. With contributions from Indigenous and non-Indigenous academics, scientists, and water management experts, this volume provides an overview of key water management challenges specific to Indigenous peoples, proposes possible policy solutions both at the international and national levels, and outlines culturally relevant tools for assessing vulnerability and building capacity. In recent decades, global climate change (particularly drought) has brought about additional water management challenges, especially in drought-prone regions where increasing average temperatures and diminishing precipitation are leading to water crises. Because their livelihoods are often dependent on the land and water, Indigenous groups native to those regions have direct insights into the localized impacts of global environmental change, and are increasingly developing their own adaptation and mitigation strategies and solutions based on local Indigenous knowledge (IK). Many Indigenous groups around the globe are also faced with mounting pressure from extractive industries like mining and forestry, which further threaten their water resources. The various cases presented in Indigenous Water and Drought Management in a Changing World provide much-needed insights into the particular issues faced by Indigenous peoples in preserving their water resources, as well as actionable information that can inform future scientific research and policymaking aimed at developing more integrated, region-specific, and culturally relevant solutions to these critical challenges. Review Brings together a multitude of globally contingent perspectives, providing a variety of novel concepts and strategies to optimize water management best practices From the Back Cover <i>Indigenous Water and Drought Management in a Changing World</i> presents a series of case studies the world over that examine how different Indigenous groups are dealing with various water management challenges and finding creative and culturally specific ways of developing solutions to these challenges. With contributions from Indigenous academics, scientists, Elders, and leaders, as well as non-Indigenous water management experts, this volume provides an overview of key water management challenges specific to Indigenous peoples, proposes possible policy solutions at the international and national scales, and outlines culturally relevant tools for assessing vulnerability and building capacity.<br><br>In recent decades, global climate change (and particularly drought) has brought about additional water management challenges, especially in drought-prone regions, such as the Sahel and much of Australia, where increasing average temperatures and diminishing precipitation are leading to water crises. Because their livelihoods are often dependent on the land and water, Indigenous groups native to those regions have direct insights into the localized impacts of global environmental change. In the Americas, Indigenous groups from northern Canada to Chile are faced with mounting pressure from extractive industries like mining and forestry, which threaten their water resources. The various cases presented in Water Management in an Indigenous Context provide much-needed insights into the particular issues faced by Indigenous peoples in preserving their water resources, as well as actionable information that can inform future scientific research and policymaking aimed at developing more integrated, region-specific, and culturally relevant solutions to these critical challenges. About the Author Miguel Sioui is an Indigenous geographer and environmental management scho