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Funded Projects - Hazards

Principle Investigator(s) Project Title Sector(s) Year Initially Funded
H Subbiah Climate Forecast Applications for Disaster Mitigation in Vietnam
Climate-related shocks, such as droughts, floods and typhoons, routinely disrupt livelihood systems for large numbers of people in Vietnam, resulting in frequent disasters.
2004
Agrawala, Shardul; Broad, Kenny; Kestin, Tahl Mapping the Climate Applications Landscape Agricultural, Coastal, Drought, Hazard, Water 2002
Auclair, Allan
Science and Policy Associates, Inc
An Integrated Assessment of the Social and Economic Effects of Extreme Climatic Fluctuations on Forests in the Northeast United States. Hazard 1996
Finan, Tim, Maria Carmen Lemos, Roger Fox (U. of AZ), & Alejandro Leon (Universidad de Chile), Don Nelson (U. of AZ) Use and Usefulness: a Comparative Study of Seasonal Climate Forecasting - Systems in Drought-affected Regions of Latin America Agricultural, Drought, Hazard, Water 2000
Glantz, Michael,
NCAR/ESIG
Assessing the Use and Value of ENSO Information for Food Security in Southern Africa Agricultural, Drought, Hazard 1995
Hayes, Michael J., Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln Sustainable Adaptations to Drought and Climate Variability in Agriculture Production Systems Across Nebraska Agricultural, Drought, Hazard, Sustainability, Water 2004
Iglesias, Ana Utility of Climate Information for Drought Management in the Mediterranean Region: A Comparative Study and Improved Communication Methods Agricultural, Drought, Hazard, Water 2002
Lamb, Peter J., U of Oklahoma Climate Information for Managing Risk through Agricultural Land and Machinery Contractual Arrangements Agricultural, Drought, Hazard 2004
Lemos, Maria; Carmen Keck, Margaret Leon, Alejandro Climate, Water Scarcity and Management in Brazil and Chile Agricultural, Drought, Hazard, Water 2003
Lemos, Maria,
Carmen Univ. of AZ
Social and Policy Implications of Seasonal Forecasting: A Case Study of Ceara, Northeast Brazil Agricultural, Drought, Hazard 1997
Meo, Mark
Univ. of OK
Climate Prediction, Information and Policy Response: A Retrospective Assessment of Drought Management in Oklahoma Drought, Hazard, Water 1997
Moran, Emilio
Indiana Univ.
Human Strategies for Coping with ENSO and the Growing Flammability of Forest in Amazônia Hazard 2000
Phillips, Jennifer G./Krantz, David H./Lyon, Bradfield,
Columbia University
Decision Making Under Risk of Extreme Climate Events: Applying Lesson From Seasonal Forecasting Agricultural, Hazard 2004
Wernstedt, Kris/Robert Hersh,
Resources for the Future, Washington, DC
Amplifying the Policy Signal: La Niña Forecasts and Flood Management in the Pacific Northwest Hazard, Water 1999
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