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Vulnerability and policy relevance to drought in the semi-arid tropics of Asia A retrospective analysis

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2014.02.002
10.1016/j.wace.2014.02.002
 
Title Vulnerability and policy relevance to drought in the semi-arid tropics of Asia A retrospective analysis
 
Creator Singh, N P
Bantilan, M C S
Byjesh, K
 
Subject Climate change
 
Description Of all the natural hazards, drought affects maximum number of people globally causing devastating impacts. It is a reality that drought results in sets of socio-economic impacts start with crop-yield failure, unemployment, erosion of assets, income decrease, poor nutrition and decreasing risk absorptive capacity thereby increasing the vulnerability of the community. This paper briefs the existing approaches that focus on vulnerability and impact assessment aid to characterize and identify regions, sectors and communities which are at drought risk currently and in the future. It also discusses the limitation, constraints and pre-requisites in these approaches and highlights the importance of micro level information to have a more realistic understanding of impact and vulnerability through illustration and with reference to the recent study conducted by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). This exercise will provide a guiding framework for devising action plans in improving adaptive capacity among the vulnerable population.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2014-06
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/7562/1/WACE_20.pdf
Singh, N P and Bantilan, M C S and Byjesh, K (2014) Vulnerability and policy relevance to drought in the semi-arid tropics of Asia A retrospective analysis. Weather and Climate Extremes, 03. pp. 54-61. ISSN 2212-0947