Title :
Living with climate extremes the greatest challenge in the 21st century?
Author :
Jayasuriya, Dasarath
Author_Institution :
Water Forecasting Services, Australia
Abstract :
Presents a collection of slides covering the following topics: climate extremes and its impact; Ethiopia-rainfall; GDP and agricultural GDP; East African drought; food security; consequences of drought; crisis management; risk management; mass migration; drought risk assessment; and wicked problem.
Keywords :
climatology; floods; food safety; rain; risk management; water quality; AD 2011 03 29; East African drought; Ethiopia; Kenya; agricultural GDP; climate extreme analysis; climate impact analysis; crisis management; drought consequence; drought risk assessment; food security; mass migration; rainfall; risk management; wicked problem; Africa; Conferences; Economic indicators; Floods; Global Earth Observation System of Systems; Rain;
Conference_Titel :
GEOSS Workshop XL (GEOSS), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0615-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0614-1
DOI :
10.1109/GEOSS.2011.5948936
