Increase in flood and drought disasters during 1500–2000 in Southwest China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1853-1861

  Ji, Yuhe ^a,b   Zhou, Guangsheng ^a   Wang, Shudong ^c   Wang, Lixia ^d  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Flood; Karst region; Monsoon climate; Weather disaster

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; KARST; MONSOON; NATURAL DISASTER; TRANSITION ZONE;

CHINA;

EID: 84930379834     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1679-9     Document Type: Article

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