Droughts and their social perception in the mass media (southern Spain)

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 709-724

  Ruiz Sinoga, Jose Damian ^a   León Gross, Teodoro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought; Mediterranean climate; Social perception; Spain; SPI

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE TRANSITION; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT PERIODS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MASS MEDIA; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; RAINFALL ANOMALY; RIVER BASINS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOUTHERN SPAIN; SPAIN; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPI; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; SUSTAINABLE USE; WATER DEFICITS; WATER RESERVES;

CLIMATOLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER RESOURCES;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PERCEPTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84873522973     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3465     Document Type: Article

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