The impact of the 2002–2003 drought on Australia

Horridge, Mark; Madden, John R.; Wittwer, Glyn

doi:10.1016/j.jpolmod.2005.01.008

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“…On the other hand, a prolonged drought spell might not only inflict severe economic losses, but can potentially paralyse agricultural production over several seasons and restrain other segments of the economy as well (e.g. White et al, 2003or Horridge et al, 2005.…”

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Developing a regional drought climatology for the Czech Republic

Trnka

Dubrovský

Svoboda

et al. 2008

Intl Journal of Climatology

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This study presents a methodology for the analysis of a drought climatology within a particular region that enables a user to define drought areas at a high spatial resolution. It is suitable for quantifying the relative differences in the intensity of drought spells, and the frequency and duration between individual stations within an area of interest. The methodology is based on the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and the Palmer Z-index (Z-index). However, the climatological parameters needed to process and calculate the indices were not derived separately for each site as is usually done, but were based on a set of all available weather stations in the studied region. This approach was utilized in the case study including all of the Czech Republic using 233 climatological stations with monthly records of mean temperature and precipitation for the period 1961-2000. The study is also focussed on the development of more efficient ways of communicating results to the stakeholders. Therefore, a method allowing for an integration of several drought indices into a single indicator called the Integrated Climatological Drought Indicator (ICDI) was developed. The newly developed method allowed for an objective identification of the drought-prone regions of the country that were defined as areas with a chance (higher than 50 and 60% respectively) of moderate or extreme drought. We have found that 12.3 and 3% of the country area, respectively, belong within these categories and that these regions also happen to be prime agricultural areas. The conclusions were supported by the results of a cluster analysis. Finally, the analysis of time trends was conducted, which showed that the majority of 233 stations had grown significantly drier during the studied period. The main driving force behind this development was found to be an increase of temperature, especially in the 1990s.

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Developing a regional drought climatology for the Czech Republic

Trnka

Dubrovský

Svoboda

et al. 2008

Intl Journal of Climatology

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“…It is based on the TERM model of Australia (Horridge, Madden, and Wittwer 2005). 5 It consists of 27 separate CGE models (one for each Brazilian state) that are linked by the markets for goods and factors.…”

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Poverty Implications of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Price Distortions in Pakistan

Cororaton¹,

Orden²

2009

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“…These intermediate models integrated the advantage of the IO and CGE models, e.g. CGE models with reduced substitution elasticity (Rose and Liao, 2005), IO models with flexibility (Hallegatte, 2008), or TERM model (Horridge et al, 2005) with bottom characteristics.…”

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Evaluation of indirect loss from hypothetical catastrophes in two regions with different economic development levels in China

Xie

et al. 2012

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. This study evaluates and compares the indirect economic loss (IEL) resulting from two hypothetical catastrophes occurring in China -in developed Shanghai and in less-developed Sichuan -to provide new measures of disaster reduction. IEL was divided into indirect economic loss due to the disruption of production process (IEL I) and indirect economic loss induced by the disturbance of industrial lines (IEL II). An input-output model was used to assess these two types of IEL. The study showed that (1) developed regions may be more vulnerable with respect to IEL; (2) IEL II is the primary factor contributing to total IEL; (3) decision makers need to focus on IEL II beside IEL I which is usually the main disaster-reduction target after a disaster; and (4) tradeoff between economic growth and disaster prevention is needed to achieve regional sustainable development.

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The impact of the 2002–2003 drought on Australia

Cited by 311 publications

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Developing a regional drought climatology for the Czech Republic

Developing a regional drought climatology for the Czech Republic

Poverty Implications of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Price Distortions in Pakistan

Evaluation of indirect loss from hypothetical catastrophes in two regions with different economic development levels in China

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