Overcoming Drought : Adaptation Strategies for Andhra Pradesh, India

Using recent advances in modeling climate-related risks and adjusting state of the art catastrophic risk modeling techniques to drought, the study conducts an innovative long-term assessment of drought risks in Andhra Pradesh, India, and suggests strategies to reduce their impact, under several economic, drought management and climate change scenarios. The analysis deepens an understanding of climate risk adaptation strategies, including implications for agricultural and catastrophic risk insurance.

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Publication biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2006
Subjects:AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURE, ANNUAL CROP PRODUCTION, ARID TROPICS, AVAILABLE WATER, AVERAGE RAINFALL, BIODIVERSITY, CAPACITY BUILDING, CASH CROPS, CHLORINE, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGES, CLIMATE MODELS, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CROP AREA, CROP PRODUCTION, CROP YIELD, CULTIVABLE LAND, CULTIVATED AREA, DEMAND FOR WATER, DESERT, DESERT DEVELOPMENT, DROUGHT, DROUGHT MANAGEMENT, DROUGHT PRONE AREA, DROUGHT PRONE AREAS, DROUGHT PROOFING, DROUGHT RISK, DROUGHT-PRONE AREAS, DROUGHTS, DRY SEASON, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC IMPACTS, EFFECTS OF DROUGHT, EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS, EROSION, FARMERS, FOREST, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FORESTRY, FORESTS, GCM, GDP, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GREENHOUSE GASES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER FOR IRRIGATION, GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, GROUNDWATER USE, HOT SPOTS, HUMAN HEALTH, IMPACTS OF DROUGHT, INCOME, INSURANCE, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT, IRRIGATION PROJECTS, LIVESTOCK, LOW RAINFALL, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, NUTRITION, PLANTING, POOR, POVERTY INITIATIVES, POVERTY LINE, PRECIPITATION, RAINFALL, RIVERS, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL COMMUNITY, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL DISTRICT, RURAL ECONOMY, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION, RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT, SAFETY NET MEASURES, SECTORAL POLICIES, SOIL, SOLID WASTE, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER IRRIGATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TREES, UNEMPLOYMENT, WASTELANDS, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER QUANTITY, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TABLE, WATERSHED, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WEATHER PATTERNS, WELLS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/7046371/overcoming-drought-adaptation-strategies-andhra-pradesh-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7085
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