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- a478d72c-c375-11e5-9264-040146164b01
- Title
- Understanding droughts in India
- Date
- March 4, 2015, 3:09 p.m., Publication
- Abstract
- The word disaster may invoke the imagery of rattling earthquakes, torrential deluges or great fires. However, droughts which are insidious by nature are equally devastating catastrophes. Countries like India which depend on an increasingly erratic monsoon for their water requirements are extremely susceptible to droughts. In the past decade itself, India has witnessed three major droughts which resulted in widespread crop failure, groundwater depletion and paucity of drinking water. All these factors have adversely affected the level of the overall economic development and well -being of the citizens of the country. This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the important theme of 'Understanding Drought in India'. India's overdependence on rainfed agriculture and the increasing variability of monsoons due to climate change underscore the importance of understanding the varied impacts of droughts in the country. Since the impacts of droughts are manifold, this issue focuses on the various aspects of droughts such as their incidence, their typology, their impacts on agriculture and other means of livelihood along with the plight of persons with disabilities (PwDs) living under drought conditions. All these factors serve to highlight the urgent need to evolve suitable mitigation and preparedness strategies to safeguard the country from the adverse impacts of this slow onset disaster. Meticulously researched and engagingly written, this issue of Southasiadisasters.net is an attempt to further the understanding on this important theme. A must read for all who are interested in understanding the risk of droughts in India.
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- andy
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- Fraser
- sfraser@worldbank.org
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- None
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- not filled
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- None
- License
- Public Domain
- Language
- eng
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- No information provided
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- Spatial Reference System Identifier
- EPSG:4326
- Keywords
- (9907, 11, 450, 48, 11, 'Drought', 'drought'), (9906, 146, 450, 48, 146, 'India', 'india'), (9908, 147, 450, 48, 147, 'South Asia Disaster Net', 'south-asia-disaster-net'), (9905, 148, 450, 48, 148, 'Hazard Assessment', 'hazard-assessment')
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- Geoscientific Information
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India