<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The magnitude and frequency of severe and extreme drought events continue to grow, instigating a grave risk to human wellbeing. Marathwada region of India is one of the most chronically drought affected region of India. The sequential drought events between the years 2012 to 2016 acutely impacted the natural as well as socio-economic resources of the region. This study attempts to assess the drought vulnerability of Marathwada region at sub-district level. An integrated drought vulnerability index has been developed by blending biophysical and socio-economic indicators of drought vulnerability. The analysis revealed that sub-districts like Shirur-Anantpal, Deoni, Shirur Kasar, Dharur, Biloli, Paranda, Mukhed, Khuldabad, Patoda, Hadgaon, Palam, Badnapur and Kaij, emerged as the very highly vulnerable to drought, representing 14.43% of geographical area and 10.96% of population of Marathwada while the sub-districts lying under the category of high drought vulnerability represented 39.15% of geographical area and 34.69% of population.</p></abstract>

The magnitude and frequency of severe and extreme drought events continue to grow, instigating a grave risk to human wellbeing. Marathwada region of India is one of the most chronically drought affected region of India. The sequential drought events between the years 2012 to 2016 acutely impacted the natural as well as socio-economic resources of the region. This study attempts to assess the drought vulnerability of Marathwada region at sub-district level. An integrated drought vulnerability index has been developed by blending biophysical and socio-economic indicators of drought vulnerability. The analysis revealed that sub-districts like Shirur-Anantpal, Deoni, Shirur Kasar, Dharur, Biloli, Paranda, Mukhed, Khuldabad, Patoda, Hadgaon, Palam, Badnapur and Kaij, emerged as the very highly vulnerable to drought, representing 14.43% of geographical area and 10.96% of population of Marathwada while the sub-districts lying under the category of high drought vulnerability represented 39.15% of geographical area and 34.69% of population.

Drought vulnerability of Marathwada region, India: A spatial analysis

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The magnitude and frequency of severe and extreme drought events continue to grow, instigating a grave risk to human wellbeing. Marathwada region of India is...

Drought vulnerability of Marathwada region, India: A spatial analysis

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 108 - 121

Received: Jul 27, 2020

Accepted: Nov 16, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2020-0010

Keywords
Drought vulnerability, Agriculture, Exposure, Sensitivity, Adaptive capacity, Marathwada region

© 2020 Sagar Khetwani et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Drought vulnerability of Marathwada region, India: A spatial analysis

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 108 - 121

Received: Jul 27, 2020

Accepted: Nov 16, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2020-0010

KeywordsDrought vulnerability, Agriculture, Exposure, Sensitivity, Adaptive capacity, Marathwada region

© 2020 Sagar Khetwani et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Drought vulnerability, Agriculture, Exposure, Sensitivity, Adaptive capacity, Marathwada region