Author: Nam, W. et al.
Year of publication: 2015
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Comprehensive impact and risk assessment
Format of assessment: Scientific article
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
Institutional scale of use: National
Assesment to be used by which target audience: State level decision makers
Output: Others (see details)
Details: Drought heat map
Region of origin: North America
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Asia
Potential geographic coverage: South Korea, could be adapted to other contexts
Sectors covered: Agriculture, Water sector
Method used: Other (see details)
Description of methodology: Use of several drought indices to assess drought trends in future
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: Hazard
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Drought
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Observed data and climate change projections (RCP's)
Temporal scale: Forward looking
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No
Adressing uncertainty: No
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: None
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): No
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Applied by whom: Nam, W. et al.
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