Publication Date : 2014-06-03
Author : Momtaz, F., Nakhjiri, N., AghaKouchak, A.
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Disaster Management Theme :
Disaster Type : Drought
Document Type : Research Paper
Languange : en
Link : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014EO220002/abstract
Abstact :
Drought chokes ecosystems, strangles economies, and threatens human health [Wilhite, 2005]. In the United States, drought has recently forced states, including economic powerhouses like California and Texas, to declare a state of emergency. Complications such as an increase in fires, rising food prices, and water scarcity further compound the effects of drought [Pozzi et al., 2013; Hao et al., 2014].