Author(s) Eriyagama, Nishadi; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Gamage, Nilantha

Mapping drought patterns and impacts: a global perspective

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International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

IWMI research report 133:

This study reviews all previous known attempts to approach the issue of drought analysis at the global scale as well as attempts to map disaster risks, water scarcity, climate change and related subjects – either at a country level or at regular grid scales - in order to examines the global patterns and impacts of droughts.

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Hazards Drought

Themes Climate change Risk identification and assessment GIS and mapping Water

ISBN/ISSN/DOI

9789290907114

Number of pages

23 p.

Publication year

2009

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