Overcoming Drought : Adaptation Strategies for Andhra Pradesh, India
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Juin 2012
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oai:openknowledge.worldbank.org:10986/7085
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CC BY 3.0 IGO
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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