South Asian countries have been experiencing frequent drought incidents recently, and due
to this reason, many scientific studies have been carried out to explore drought in South …

Disasters pose a growing threat to sustainable development. Disaster risk management
efforts have largely failed to arrest the underlying drivers of increased global risk …

This study assessed the meteorological and hydrological droughts and their relationship
over 30 years from 1985 to 2015 in the largest river basin (Mahaweli River Basin (MRB)) in …

In this study, we used a comprehensive set of statistical metrics to investigate the historical
trends in averages and extremes of rainfall and temperature in Sri Lanka. The data consist of …

Abstract Drought management in Sri Lanka is mostly limited to relief provision due to the
shortage of scientific details to develop sufficient drought risk management. Therefore …

The Weighted Anomaly of Standardized Precipitation Index (WASP-Index) was computed
over Iberia for three monthly timescales (3-month, 6-month and 12-month) in 1961–2020 …

Understanding the spatiotemporal characteristics of drought at the river basin scale is vital
for water resources management. In this study, the interdecadal variation of drought …

Hazard analysis is the first step in any disaster management activity. Drought is a serious
environmental hazard strongly limiting the agricultural production in the tropical countries …

This research is carried out to evaluate important community resilience aspects of coastal
districts in Sri Lanka and to provide suitable recommendations to strengthen them. After …

This paper analyses the temporal and spatial variability of droughts in Iberia (IP) and in five
IP regions (1951− 2007) using four observational precipitation‐gridded data sets. Droughts …