was to characterize extreme drought events, to improve on a methodology to assess the probability of these events in the … sets the stage for the overall project by undertaking a review of the causes of vulnerability to drought in East Africa and … the western Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) of South Asia, and discussing the options to increase resilience to drought in the …

approaches and reforms can be assessed. The resilience model suggests that drought, flood, and wildfire laws can more adequately …

especially the drought phenomena have become frequent in Africa. This has prompted water engineers and hydrologists to formulate … mitigation and adaptation measures to address these challenges. The frequency of drought event of a defined severity for a …. This paper presents an analysis of the hydrological drought frequency for the upper Tana River basin in Kenya using the …

data with objective drought and price information to quantify the causes of vulnerability to poverty in Ethiopia. Previous … against lack of rainfall and sudden increases in food prices. A moderate drought causes a 9 percent reduction in consumption …

early warning framework and its use that could facilitate greater timeliness of drought response. The paper argues that … enable early action during the onset of a drought …

-traded food companies, we rank these countries each year based on their long-term trends toward droughts using the Palmer Drought …

-day and future flood and drought hazard maps. The paper defines and calculates a ?poverty exposure bias? and finds support …