Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Architecture
Creating A Web-Based Tool For Determining Drought Acknowledgments In State Plans, Raeanna Hartsgrove
Creating A Web-Based Tool For Determining Drought Acknowledgments In State Plans, Raeanna Hartsgrove
Community and Regional Planning Program: Professional Projects
Drought is a lingering and costly disaster and can cause billions of dollars of damage throughout the United States. Drought produces social, economic, and environmental impacts which makes it become a disaster. Due to the long-lasting and intense effects, drought research is needed to understand weather and climate more efficiently so that preparedness, mitigation, response recovery, and resilience is more effective. Policies that include drought mitigation are shown to reduce the likelihood that drought become disasters. The National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) has been working on a new web-based tool to identify which plans in a state address key aspects …