En las últimas décadas se ha avanzado en las definiciones conceptual y operativa de la sequía, de manera que, en primer lugar diferencien de forma adecuada las situaciones de sequía natural de otras generadas por la actividad ...

Droughts are risks characterized by their complexity, uncertainty, and a series of other features, which differentiate them from other natural disasters and affect the strategies designed to manage them. These characteristics ...

Drought risk is a complex phenomenon that leads to different interpretations, public understanding of causes, consequences and adaptation strategies and, therefore, different responses. To date, and despite the rise of ...

The concept of vulnerability has emerged in recent decades as a key concept for the research on drought risk as well as in the implementation of mitigation strategies of drought risk. The context within which this concept ...

Efforts to improve the efficiency of irrigation systems in areas which suffer from water scarcity have often failed to reduce water demand owing to the constant expansion of irrigation. Andalusia, in southern Spain, is a ...

Las sequías se han convertido en uno de los riesgos que mayores afecciones produce en las poblaciones y en los territorios expuestos. Además, sabemos que, en un contexto de cambio climático, estos eventos y las consecuencias ...