may affect practices and policies that either increase or decrease drought vulnerability. Water law regimes, drought … for, and respond to drought. Some of those efforts are beginning to shift from purely reactive, relief-oriented measures … to programs designed to prevent or to mitigate drought impacts. Considerably less attention has been given to laws that …

strategies are proposedto reduce the vulnerability of the Prairies to future droughts,where surface water is the primary water … water conservation measuresin agriculture practice, water pricing and water metering. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers …

, drought, heavy rainfall and cyclone and storm surges. Furthermore, main livelihood problems arising from these events were … lack of fish availability, scarcity of water in drought seasons and frequent flood in the rainy seasons. Results also …

impacts and vulnerability in the Carolinas. Coverage at the height of two droughts reports drought effects extending beyond …Regional newspaper coverage from 1998 to 2007 is examined to expand our understanding of the complexity of drought … first-order impacts on broadly recognized sectors, such as agriculture, livestock, and water supplies to recreation and …

time steps. The key social and physical factors that define drought vulnerability in the context of Bangladesh are … identified and corresponding thematic maps in district level are prepared. Composite drought vulnerability map is developed …Though drought is a recurrent phenomenon in Bangladesh, very little attention has been so far paid to the mitigation …

hazard (frequency, duration, and severity of droughts), drought exposure (water use), and drought vulnerability (unreliable … water supply during prolonged and severe droughts, assessing drought risk becomes one of the key tasks of water …-resources planning and management in Taiwan. Well-prepared drought mitigation measures require assimilation of physical environment of …

index for assessment of vulnerability to drought using multiple factors which includes hydrological, meteorological, land …Drought is an extended period of deficient precipitation that causes damage to crops and reducing their performance … identify onset, characterize and quantify the attributes of meteorological, hydrological and agricultural drought by various …

supply vulnerability is expected to increase due to climate change. The authors showed that the Gwangdong Reservoir Drought … method used to measure the vulnerability of a reservoir water supply that arises due to water scarcity in a dry season. Water … vulnerability of water supplies. The authors assumed 48 future scenarios, consisting of a combination of 6 future inflow scenarios …