Vulnerability of the region to socio-economic drought /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
United Nations,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (vii, 70 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps.
SERIES
Series Title
ESCWA water development report,
Volume Designation
1
ISSN of Series
1817-1990 ;
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"24 October 2005."
Text of Note
"E/ESCWA/SDPD/2005/9."
Text of Note
"United Nations publication Sales No. E.05. II. L.17"--Title page verso.
Text of Note
Title from online title page (viewed Aug. 10, 2010).
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Vulnerability of the ESCWA region to drought -- Conceptual framework -- Understanding socio-economic drought -- Assessing socio-economic drought in the ESCWA region : vulnerability -- Jordan -- The Syrian Arab Republic -- Yemen -- Preventing and mitigating socio-economic drought in the ESCWA region : summary and conclusions.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Of all natural hazards, drought affects the greatest number of people globally, with devastating impact. The vulnerability of communities to drought is dependent on a host of physical, social, environmental and economic characteristics. In recent years, owing to population growth, soil degradation, increased desertification, and projected climate change scenarios, drought research and planning has become crucial to averting and mitigating drought disasters. Drought vulnerability research examines how the impacts of drought are a result of the interactions of social, political and economic systems, as well as the meteorological drought phenomenon. However, in the past, drought monitoring and research focused almost exclusively on the relation of climatic patterns and rainfall deficiencies to water supply. However, such a focus does not examine how human water use exacerbates deficits in water supply and quality. As a result, there is a worldwide insufficiency of disaster preparedness and mitigation methods that adequately address the socio-economic effects of drought and integrate drought planning into water resource management. The objective of the present study is to address the gap in understanding socio-economic drought in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) region, and to raise awareness of the importance of developing drought detection, prevention, preparedness and mitigation measures regionally. In order to examine the socio-economic impacts of drought, this report presents measures taken on drought management and mitigation from three regional case-studies--Jordan, the Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen--and addresses the need for regional drought preparedness planning.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Vulnerability of the region to socio-economic drought.
International Standard Book Number
9211282942
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Drought forecasting-- Middle East.
Droughts-- Economic aspects-- Middle East.
Droughts-- Social aspects-- Middle East.
Drought forecasting.
Droughts-- Economic aspects.
Droughts-- Social aspects.
Earth & Environmental Sciences.
Meteorology & Climatology.
NATURE-- Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Middle East.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
NAT-- 023000
SOC-- 040000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
363
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34/929/0956
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QC929
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28
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M628
Book number
V85
2005eb
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
United Nations., Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.