Quantitative assessment and spatial characteristics analysis of agricultural drought vulnerability in China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 785-801

  Wu, Jianjun ^a   He, Bin ^a   Lü, Aifeng ^b   Zhou, Lei ^a   Liu, Ming ^a   Zhao, Lin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural drought; GIS; Grid; Spatial characteristics; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; GIS; IRRIGATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; NEI MONGGOL; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 79951720299     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9591-9     Document Type: Article

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