Drought is a recurrent natural hazard that is expected to increase in the future due to
anthropogenic climate change. The Middle East region witnessed a drought period between …

Droughts are risks characterized by their complexity, uncertainty, and a series of other
features, which differentiate them from other natural disasters and affect the strategies …

This study provides a method with which to measure the risk of climate variability to
agriculture among geographic regions, and analyses the potential risk to crop yields in …

The ongoing debate on water policies in Spain is characterised by a traditional paradigm,
dominated by the intervention on hydrological systems through the construction and …

Increases in droughts due to climate change and variability have placed a large amount of
pressure on the natural ecosystems in the world. Drought is especially characterized by a …

The combined analysis of precipitation and water scarcity was done with the use of the
Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the Standardized Runoff Index (SRI), developed …

Water scarcity and droughts are socio-environmental hazards that affect the lives of millions
of people every year. This chapter examines the multifaceted dimensions of these …

Urmia Lake water level has declined steeply during the last decade. Continuation of the
present condition will damage the region's industrial and agricultural sectors and even …

The increasing severity of drought worldwide and recent environmental efforts to restore
wetlands have put more pressure on management of water resources. The Lake Urmia …

The subject of the dissertation is the investigation of drought features, focusing especially to
the characterization and monitoring of droughts at different spatial dimension. Drought is a …