Drought preparedness in Brazil

Weather and Climate Extremes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-106

  Gutiérrez, Ana Paula A ^a   Engle, Nathan L ^a   De Nys, Erwin ^a   Molejón, Carmen ^a   Martins, Eduardo Sávio ^b  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^b Fundação Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos Hídricos FUNCEME   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Drought policy; Resilience; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WORLD BANK;

BRAZIL; CEARA;

EID: 84902553497     PISSN: 22120947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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