Foreword
Part I Challenges to drought management in Mediterranean countries
1. Drought Monitoring as a Component of Drought Preparedness Planning
Donald A. Wilhite
2. Soft law principles for improving drought management in Mediterranean countries
Esther López-Barrero and Ana Iglesias
3. A checklist for drought policy development
Nicos X. Tsiourtis
4. An environmental focus on drought: the Water Framework Directive
Abel La Calle Marcos
5. Guidelines to develop drought management plans
Ana Iglesias, Luis Garrote and Antonino Cancelliere

Part II Methods and approaches for drought management
6. Drought characterisation in the Mediterranean
George Tsakiris and Dialekti Pangalou
7. A Paradigm for Applying Risk and Hazard Concepts in Proactive Planning
George Tsakiris
8. Assessment of drought risk in water supply systems
Antonino Cancelliere, Vincenzo Nicolosi and Giuseppe Rossi
9. Mathematical models for reservoir operation in TunisiaMohammed Hedi Louati and Fethi Lebdi
10. Risk management instruments supporting drought planning and policy
Alberto Garrido, Almudena Gomez-Ramos
11. Methods for evaluating social vulnerability to drought
Ana Iglesias, Marta Moneo and Sonia Quiroga
12. Methods for social participation and conflict resolution
Ignacio Celaya, Antonio Rodríguez Perea and Xavi Carbonell

Part III Learning from the Case studies
13. Development of drought management plans in Spain
Luis Garrote, Ana Iglesias and Francisco Flores
14. Characterizing drought risk in a Sicilian river basin
Giuseppe Rossi, Brunella Bonaccorso, Vincenzo Nicolosi and Antonino Cancelliere
15. The role of groundwater during drought
Maria Casado, Francisco Flores and Roberto Gil
16. Drought severity thresholds and drought management in Greece
Dialekti Pangalou, Dimitris Tigkas, Harris Vangelis, George Tsakiris and Aikaterini Nanou-Giannarou
17. Using and testing drought indicators
Luis García, Alejandro Carrasco and Juan Carlos Ibáñez
18. Drought management in the urban water supply system of Canal de Isabel II, Spain
Francisco Cubillo
19. The role of non-conventional and lower quality water for the satisfaction of the domestic needs in drought management plans
Nicos X. Tsiourtis
Annex 1. Glossary of terms and concepts