Estimation of vulnerability and risk to meteorological drought in Mexico

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 95-110

  Neri, Carolina ^a   Magaña, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METEOROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VULNERABILITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84962274225     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-15-0005.1     Document Type: Article

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