Household Drought Risk Index (HDRI): Social-Ecological Assessment of Drought Risk in the Cuvelai-Basin

Abstract: Droughts threaten many regions worldwide, in particular semi-arid environments of sub-Saharan Africa such as the Cuvelai-Basin in Angola and Namibia, as the population depends on critical water-related ecosystem services. Since droughts are multi-layered phenomena, risk assessment tools that capture the societal relations to nature and identify those individuals that are most threatened are required. This study presents the integrated Household Drought Risk Index (HDRI) that builds upon empirical data from the study area to provide insights into drought hazard and vulnerability conditions of households in different socio-economic and environmental settings. The composite indicator integrates environmental measures of drought (frequency, severity, duration) from multiple remote sensing products (precipitation, soil moisture, vegetation) and the vulnerability of households (sensitivity, coping capacity) obtained from a structured survey that comprised 461 households. The results reve.... https://journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/JNRD/article/view/764

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Household Drought Risk Index (HDRI): Social-Ecological Assessment of Drought Risk in the Cuvelai-Basin ; volume:8 ; year:2018 ; Journal of natural resources and development ; 8 (2018)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Luetkemeier, Robert ; Liehr, Stefan

Further information

• DOI: 10.5027/jnrd.v8i0.06
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022053111523208367121
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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