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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : United Nations, 2005.
Series:ESCWA water development report ; 1.
Subjects:
Droughts > Economic aspects > Middle East.
Droughts > Social aspects > Middle East.
Drought forecasting > Middle East.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Drought forecasting.
Droughts > Economic aspects.
Droughts > Social aspects.
Middle East.
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.

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