Drought: a natural hazard.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1976Description: 45p., 12 refsReport number: Institutional/Corporate BodySubject: This paper contains a very general discussion of the hazards of drought but does not consider in any detail areas such as definition, perception and socio-economic aspects which have been covered in a number of well known references. However it is considered that one of the key areas of this symposium is the establishment of event chronologies and for this reason a fairly detailed tabulation of Australian droughts has been prepared. The purpose of this paper is to provide background information on meteorological and some other aspects of drought
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Symposium Dates 26-29 May 1976
This paper contains a very general discussion of the hazards of drought but does not consider in any detail areas such as definition, perception and socio-economic aspects which have been covered in a number of well known references. However it is considered that one of the key areas of this symposium is the establishment of event chronologies and for this reason a fairly detailed tabulation of Australian droughts has been prepared. The purpose of this paper is to provide background information on meteorological and some other aspects of drought
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