Authors: Kirstin Dow
Publish Date: 2009/11/17
Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 497-518
Abstract
Regional newspaper coverage from 1998 to 2007 is examined to expand our understanding of the complexity of drought impacts and vulnerability in the Carolinas Coverage at the height of two droughts reports drought effects extending beyond firstorder impacts on broadly recognized sectors such as agriculture livestock and water supplies to recreation and tourism and impacts on businesses manufacturing and households Impacts were accompanied by social controversies with nearterm and longterm planning and development implications Key concepts in vulnerability analysis were used to structure the review of vulnerability reporting The coverage of differential vulnerability although limited identified individual household local and crossscale factors that influenced the severity of impacts Articles also highlighted additional interacting stresses in some sectors contributing to the severity of impacts experienced An elaborated understanding of drought impacts and vulnerabilities is a necessary early step in advancing efforts to developing a riskbased drought management approachI would like to thank the reviewers for their helpful suggestions and my colleagues Greg Carbone Kirsten Lackstrom and Sara Yorty for the discussions that helped me integrate these issues The work is supported by a grant from NOAA’s Climate Program Office Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Program Award number NA06OAR4310007
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