Question

management and mitigation of drought

Answer 1

Drought is a natural hazard, it has a slow onset, and it evolves over months or even years. It may affect a large region and causes little structural damage. The impacts of drought can be reduced through preparedness and mitigation.

The components of a drought preparedness and mitigation plan are the following:

PredictionMonitoringImpact assessmentResponse.

Prediction can benefit from climate studies which use coupled ocean/atmosphere models, survey of snow packs, anomalous circulation patterns in the ocean and atmosphere, soil moisture, assimilation of remotely sensed data into numerical prediction models, and knowledge of stored water available for domestic, stock, and irrigation uses.

Answer 2

Managing droughts:-

• Close monitoring to develop an advance warning system
• Relief measures
• Dry cropping
• Additional employment
• Rain water harvesting
• Arrangment for drinking water

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