Vulnerability of the region to socio-economic drought /
Of all natural hazards, drought affects the greatest number of people globally, with devastating impact. The vulnerability of communities to drought is dependent on a host of physical, social, environmental and economic characteristics. In recent years, owing to population growth, soil degradation,...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
United Nations,
2005.
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Series: | ESCWA water development report ;
1. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Vulnerability of the ESCWA region to drought
- Conceptual framework
- Understanding socio-economic drought
- Assessing socio-economic drought in the ESCWA region : vulnerability
- Jordan
- The Syrian Arab Republic
- Yemen
- Preventing and mitigating socio-economic drought in the ESCWA region : summary and conclusions.