Drought triggers and declarations: Science and policy considerations for drought risk management

Natural Hazards

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-151

  Botterill, Linda Courtenay ^a   Hayes, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Drought; Policy; Triggers; USA

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE ROLE;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866016168     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0231-4     Document Type: Article

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