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Integrated Assessment of Drought Vulnerability Using Indicators for Dhasan Basin in Bundelkhand Region, Madhya Pradesh, India


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1 Department of Farm Engineering, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005, India
2 Ganga Plains South Regional Centre, National Institute of Hydrology, Bhopal 462 016, India
3 Ganga Plains South Regional Centre, National Institute of Hydrology, Bhopal - 462 016, India
 

The present study has integrated both spatially and temporally varying drought vulnerability factors to develop an integrated drought vulnerability map for Dhasan basin. A drought vulnerability index is used to classify the study area into different vulnerability zones. From the drought vulnerability assessment for the study area during July 2002, it was observed that the northeast, northwest and extreme southern part of the basin (20% area) was under critical vulnerability condition whereas the southwest and central part of the basin (79.9% area) was under high vulnerability condition. The critical drought vulnerability condition existed in Dhamoni, Pidaruwa, Sagar, Patharia Hat, Chhapri, Baroda Sagar and Singtoni region, whereas high vulnerability condition existed in the remaining parts of the study area. The integrated drought vulnerability approach gives superior result for drought assessment as compared to vulnerability assessment by considering the individual factors for the study area.

Keywords

Drought Characteristics, Drought Indicators, Drought Vulnerability.
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Authors

Saswat Kumar Kar
Department of Farm Engineering, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005, India
T. Thomas
Ganga Plains South Regional Centre, National Institute of Hydrology, Bhopal 462 016, India
R. M. Singh
Department of Farm Engineering, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005, India
Lokesh Patel
Ganga Plains South Regional Centre, National Institute of Hydrology, Bhopal - 462 016, India

Abstract


The present study has integrated both spatially and temporally varying drought vulnerability factors to develop an integrated drought vulnerability map for Dhasan basin. A drought vulnerability index is used to classify the study area into different vulnerability zones. From the drought vulnerability assessment for the study area during July 2002, it was observed that the northeast, northwest and extreme southern part of the basin (20% area) was under critical vulnerability condition whereas the southwest and central part of the basin (79.9% area) was under high vulnerability condition. The critical drought vulnerability condition existed in Dhamoni, Pidaruwa, Sagar, Patharia Hat, Chhapri, Baroda Sagar and Singtoni region, whereas high vulnerability condition existed in the remaining parts of the study area. The integrated drought vulnerability approach gives superior result for drought assessment as compared to vulnerability assessment by considering the individual factors for the study area.

Keywords


Drought Characteristics, Drought Indicators, Drought Vulnerability.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi2%2F338-346