The challenges of Consolidation of a Drought-Related Disaster Risk Warning System to Brazil

In Brazil, droughts are widespread and recurrent in the semiarid region, mainly due to its water vulnerability. Approximately 28 million people live in the region, which concentrates the highest proportion of people living in poverty in Brazil. If drought occurs intensively and extensively in dense...

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Main Authors: Ana Paula Martins do Amaral Cunha, Victor Marchezini, Diego Pereira Lindoso, Silvia Midori Saito, Regina Célia dos Santos Alvalá
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de Brasília 2019-04-01
Series:Sustentabilidade em Debate
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Online Access:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sust/article/view/19380