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Silva et al June 2015 Kimberly Duong April 6 2016 Background Impacts of extreme events such as drought vary with climate change but also management and governance Authors use Ostrom s framework for analyzing socialecological systems which describe interactions between resource systems governance systems and resource users. Benjamin Lloyd-Hughes. Apologies!. “Very sorry to be unable to join you, please accept my apologies for some rather wordy slides...”. Key message. “We’d like to emulate the best regional practices globally.”. 1 2.4 Drought 2.4.1 G eneral Drought is a normal, recurrent feature of climate and characterized in terms of its spatial extension, intensity and duration. Conditions of drought appear when rainfall A drought is an extended period of dry weather leading to extremely dry conditions. . The definition of drought depends on the culture defining it. . In the UK. Absolute drought. : A period of at least 15 consecutive days with less than 0.2 mm of rainfall.. Mike . Crimmins. Dept. of Soil, Water & Environmental Science. University of Arizona. Acknowledgements. Dan Ferguson. University of Arizona. CLIMAS/Institute of the Environment. Alison . Meadow. University of Arizona. View as slide show. Adapted from AdPrin.com. Seyval. grapes grow only in the Chateau Pierre vineyards and regularly win the . “. French National Gold Medal for Exquisite Wine. s.. ”. Should the brochure say (click the slide for the evidence-based answer:. Towards proactive drought management approaches. February 2016, . Climate Services for improved Water Resources Management in vulnerable regions to climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean. DR. NATALIA LIMONES. . Unit 1 Lesson 2. What are some examples of scarcity?. SCARCITY. Scarcity.  is a condition where there is less of something available than at least some people would like to have if they could have them at no cost to themselves. Because the total quantity of goods and services that people would like to have always far exceeds the amount which available economic resources are capable of producing in all known human societies, people must constantly make choices about which desires to satisfy first and which to leave less than fully satisfied for the time being. That is, they must constantly decide how best to allocate (apportion or distribute) the scarce resources available to them among the various alternative uses to which they can be put. Thus, scarcity is the fundamental condition that gives rise to the patterns of choosing behavior whose study constitutes the main focus of the academic discipline of economics.. . http://nanosense.sri.com/activities/finefilters/watercrisis/FF_Lesson1Teacher.pdf. . (in class). World Water gap. http://www.grida.no/publications/vg/water2/page/3240.aspx. (in class). Many people live in water stressed regions. Chapter 1.1. Choices and Decision Making:. The study of economic begins with the idea that people cannot have everything they . need. and . want. .. Need. : . Anything that is necessary for survival.. C. ase . study Colorado River Basin. LO: explain how the water is being managed in the Colorado River basin. Water scarcity hotspots. According to the International Water Management Institute environmental research . carcity . and . Violent . extremism in Iraq and Syria. . Marcus DuBois King, Ph.D. . John O. Rankin Associate Professor . August 24, 2015 . . Water Scarcity and Extremism Project: Key Hypotheses . NDRPPriority ActionsSupportingLong-Term Drought Resilience2019DisclaimerThis document is not a regulation itself nor does it change or substitute for any provision within regulationsThus it does not i University of East Anglia, UK. Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR), . University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Historical climatology and hydrology. EGU, 4 May 2020. Impacts of spring-summer droughts . The Hard Truth about South Texas Climate. Drought Definition – In the Eye of the Beholder. 3. What Makes Drought Unique as a Geohazard. 4. Specific Drought Risks. 5. Coping with Drought. 1. The Hard Truth about South Texas Climate.