The 1995 drought - a water resources perspective
The 1995 drought - a water resources perspective
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1995 年干旱——水资源视角
DOI：
10.1002/j.1477-8696.1996.tb06184.x
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发表时间：
1996
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影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
P. Turton
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文献类型：
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作者：
T. Marsh;P. Turton
The privatisation of the water industry in 1989 heralded not only a new era in water management in England and Wales but also a period of volatile climatic patterns which has served to underline the United Kingdom’s continuing ability to be caught out by unexpected weather conditions. The recent exceptional climatic variability, combined with compelling evidence for global warming, and the uncertainties about its possible impact on rainfall patterns, has raised important questions regarding the resilience of the UK’s water resources and watermanagement arrangements. The 1995 drought provided a number of useful insights into the difficulties of managing a stressed resource in the face of conflicting demands. However, the diverse nature of modern droughts emphasises the need for greater flexibility in the design and application of water-management strategies aimed at mitigating the effects of severe rainfall deficiencies.In most regions the intense 1995 rainfall deficiency was conveniently bracketed by periods of very wet weather, and the hot dry summer and parched soil conditions helped to reinforce the popular view of what constitutes a typical drought in the UK. But droughts can be complex in their genesis and range of impacts. They normally exhibit substantial variations in intensity-both spatially and through timeand the interplay of resource availability and water demand can result in the impact on consumers bearing only a limited relation to the meteorological severity. In addition, droughts may exhibit distinct water supply, agricultural or environmental and amenity dimensions. This heterogeneity inhibits the development of practical indices of drought severity and can pose public relations difficulties for the water
