Drought Preparedness in Brazil

Large portions of Brazil's Northeast have experienced an intense and prolonged drought for the majority of 2010–2013. This drought, along with other droughts that have hit the South in recent years, has sparked a new round of discussions to improve drought policy and management at the federal a...

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Main Authors:	Gutiérrez, Ana Paula A., Engle, Nathan L., De Nys, Erwin, Molejón, Carmen, Sávio Martins, Eduardo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Elsevier 2014
Subjects:	drought policy water resources climate change resilience adaptation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17122

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spelling	okr-10986-171222021-04-23T14:03:34Z Drought Preparedness in Brazil Gutiérrez, Ana Paula A. Engle, Nathan L. De Nys, Erwin Molejón, Carmen Sávio Martins, Eduardo drought policy water resources climate change resilience adaptation Large portions of Brazil's Northeast have experienced an intense and prolonged drought for the majority of 2010–2013. This drought, along with other droughts that have hit the South in recent years, has sparked a new round of discussions to improve drought policy and management at the federal and state levels. To assist with these efforts, the World Bank recently conducted a series of evaluations on national and sub-national drought preparedness measures and approaches across five country case studies. This particular article presents the Brazilian case study. The work draws from interviews with key experts and stakeholders, as well as document analyses, and focuses on preparedness measures and approaches at the national and one sub-national case; the state of Ceará. The analysis shows that although there is a rich history of drought management throughout Brazil, there are short-term and long-term gaps and opportunities on which decision makers might consider focusing to improve monitoring, forecasting, and early warning systems, vulnerability/resilience and impact assessments, and mitigation and response planning measures. 2014-02-20T18:52:46Z 2014-02-20T18:52:46Z 2014-01-09 Journal Article Weather and Climate Extremes 10.1016/j.wace.2013.12.001 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17122 en_US http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Brazil
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description	Large portions of Brazil's Northeast have experienced an intense and prolonged drought for the majority of 2010–2013. This drought, along with other droughts that have hit the South in recent years, has sparked a new round of discussions to improve drought policy and management at the federal and state levels. To assist with these efforts, the World Bank recently conducted a series of evaluations on national and sub-national drought preparedness measures and approaches across five country case studies. This particular article presents the Brazilian case study. The work draws from interviews with key experts and stakeholders, as well as document analyses, and focuses on preparedness measures and approaches at the national and one sub-national case; the state of Ceará. The analysis shows that although there is a rich history of drought management throughout Brazil, there are short-term and long-term gaps and opportunities on which decision makers might consider focusing to improve monitoring, forecasting, and early warning systems, vulnerability/resilience and impact assessments, and mitigation and response planning measures.
format	Journal Article
author	Gutiérrez, Ana Paula A. Engle, Nathan L. De Nys, Erwin Molejón, Carmen Sávio Martins, Eduardo
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title	Drought Preparedness in Brazil
title_short	Drought Preparedness in Brazil
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Drought Preparedness in Brazil

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