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| ALVALÁ,REGINA C.S.; CUNHA,ANA PAULA M.A.; BRITO,SHEILA S.B.; SELUCHI,MARCELO E.; MARENGO,JOSÉ A.; MORAES,OSVALDO L.L.; CARVALHO,MAGOG A.. |
| ABSTRACT Drought is a natural and recurrent phenomenon. It is considered ‘a natural disaster’ whenever it occurs in an intensive manner in highly populated regions, resulting in significant damage (material and human) and loss (socioeconomic). This paper presents the efforts developed to monitor the impact of drought in the semiarid region of Northeast Brazil. In this scope, information from different sources is compiled to support the evaluation and identification of impacted municipalities, with the main objective of supporting emergency actions to mitigate their impact. In the semiarid region of Brazil there are frequent occurrences of dry periods during the rainy season, which, depending on the intensity and duration, can cause significant damage to... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Drought impacts; Drought monitoring; Semiarid; Dry farming; Northeast Brazil. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652019000200502 |
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