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Droughts and Desertification

  • Santos Pereira L
  • Cordery I
  • Iacovides I
Springer Netherlands, (2009), 47-75
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9579-5_4
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Abstract

An in-depth examination of drought concepts, drought indices and their definitions, prediction, and forecasting is given. Monitoring of drought and drought risk management tools are discussed. Desertification concepts, indicators, monitoring and information tools are presented from the perspective of supporting the identification of vulnerability to desertification together with measures and practices that may be used to combat desertification.

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Santos Pereira, L., Cordery, I., & Iacovides, I. (2009). Droughts and Desertification. In Coping with Water Scarcity (pp. 47–75). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9579-5_4

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