Estimating drought risk across Europe from reported drought impacts, drought indices, and vulnerability factors
Drought is one of the most costly natural hazards in Europe. Due to its complexity, drought risk, meant as the combination of the natural hazard and societal vulnerability, is difficult to define and challenging to detect and predict, as the impacts of drought are very diverse, covering the breadth...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-07-01
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Series: | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/20/2779/2016/hess-20-2779-2016.pdf |