ECONOMICS OF DROUGHT AND DROUGHT PREPARE

Options méditerranéennes


Series A : Mediterranean Seminars


2010 - Number 95


Economics of drought and drought preparedness in a climate change context

During the last decades, droughts have become more frequent in the Mediterranean, West Asia and North African countries, and have had negative socio-economic impacts which are frequently linked to a high exploitation of available water resources. The Fourth Assessment Report of the International Panel on Climate Change states that extreme weather events, such as storms and droughts, will most likely amplify in these regions.
Better representations of the physical, social and economic effects of droughts are needed to help governments become more conscious of their actual consequences and more efficient in coping with them. With these premises in mind, the 2^nd International Conference on Drought Management was held in Istanbul (Turkey) from 4^th to 6^th March 2010, under the title : « Economics of Drought and Drought Preparedness in a Climate Change Context ».
The Conference was structured to present and exchange experiences and ideas on the analysis of drought trends and physical impacts, on methodologies for the evaluation of the economic impacts of drought and drought preparedness, and on proposals for best practices for coping and mitigating drought economic effects.
People from 29 countries of all the world attended the Conference, and the conclusions and recommendations were presented to the 8^th Meeting of the CIHEAM countries Ministers of Agriculture, which took place in Istanbul on 8^th March 2010. This volume contains 48 articles from the contributions that were presented, as well as the conclusions and recommendations of the Conference.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: A. Lopez-Francos, LOPEZ-FRANCOS A., the Mediterranean and Central Asia Network on drought management for the Near East, Turquie. Ministère de l'agriculture et des affaires rurales
• Verlag: CIHEAM
• Sprache: Französisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.06.2010
• EAN: 9782853524414
• ISBN: 978-2-85352-441-4
• Seiten: 360
• Gewicht: 700 g
• Serien: Options méditerranéennes. Série A, séminaires méditerranéens, n° 35; Options méditerranéennes, n° 55. Série A, séminaires méditerranéens; Options méditerranéennes, n° 28. Série A, séminaires méditerranéens
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft