There is growing demand among stakeholders across public and private institutions for
spatially-explicit information regarding vulnerability to climate change at the local scale …

Drought is regarded as a slow-onset natural disaster that causes inevitable damage to water
resources and to farm life. Currently, crisis management is the basis of drought mitigation …

Drought is a natural disaster that can influence all aspects of human life with its extensive
and long-term implications. Rural communities are more drought-susceptible due to their …

Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group II Report
(2014) presents vulnerability as a pre-existing characteristic property of a system …

Prolonged drought is considered as a creeping natural hazard, which has created a
financial burden and unsustainable environment in Iran. Moreover, the effect of drought …

Vulnerability assessment using composite indices provides critical information for the
policymakers on why certain regions are impacted more than the others. Several …

Most of the districts in Odisha, India are prone to both cyclones and floods. However, the
existing studies have assessed vulnerability mainly for the coastal districts, and are largely …

Drought, as a natural and slow-onset phenomenon, creates numerous damages to
agricultural communities. As a drought prone area in the Middle East, Iran has currently …

Local governments and communities have a critical role to play in adapting to climate
variability and change. Spatial vulnerability assessment is one tool that can facilitate …

Coastal districts of India being diverse in nature are under constant vulnerability to hazards.
The article analyzes vulnerability as a function of exposure, sensitivity and adaptation …