High Level Meeting on National Drought Policy: Summary and Major Outcomes

Drought is widely recognized as a slow creeping natural hazard that occurs as a consequence of the natural climatic variability. In recent years, concern has grown world-wide that droughts may be increasing in frequency and severity given the changing climatic conditions. Responses to droughts in mo...

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Main Authors: Mannava V.K. Sivakumar, Robert Stefanski, Mohamed Bazza, Sergio Zelaya, Donald Wilhite, Antonio Rocha Magalhaes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
Series:Weather and Climate Extremes
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094714000267