Drought as hazard: Understanding the natural and social context

Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3-29

  Wilhite, Donald A ^a   Buchanan Smith, Margie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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