Drought risk management in the caribbean community: Early warning information and other risk reduction considerations

Drought and Water Crises: Integrating Science, Management, and Policy, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 431-450

  Trotman, Adrian ^a   Joyette, Antonio ^b   Van Meerbeeck, Cedric ^a,b   Mahon, Roche ^c   Cox, Shelly Ann ^c   Cave, Neisha ^b   Farrell, David ^c  

^a CIMH   (Barbados)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology Husbands   (Barbados)

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EID: 85051619049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b22009     Document Type: Chapter

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