Abstract
As the international community is moving from response to disaster risk reduction, it becomes
imperative to take the whole risk chain into consideration, from prevention to rehabilitation of a droughtstricken
area. To assess impacts on drought-stricken groups, it is useful to take a close look at risk
spreading strategies these groups already use, which reduce their vulnerability to shocks. In Turkey, there is
a very little coordination between adjacent water user groups on a river or in an irrigation scheme. This
means there is no mutual coordination mechanism in times of unexpected drought. The article argues that a
deliberative multi-stakeholder approach can enhance Disaster Risk Reduction, as currently practiced in
Latin America and South Asia, and explores avenues for mutual crop and drought insurance initiatives such
as currently practiced as pilot projects in India, and assess its applicability for the drought prone regions in
Turkey, which experienced a coordination gap in the 2007-2008 droughts
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Drought Management on Economics of drought and drought preparedness in a climate change context, Istanbul, Turkey, 4-6 March 2010 |
| Editors | A. Lopez-Fracos |
| Publisher | CIHEAM |
| Pages | 293-299 |
| Volume | series A |
| ISBN (Print) | 9782853524414 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | Second International Conference on Drought Management on Economics of drought and drought preparedness in a climate change context, Istanbul, Turkey - Duration: 4 Mar 2010 → 6 Mar 2010 |
Conference/symposium
| Conference/symposium | Second International Conference on Drought Management on Economics of drought and drought preparedness in a climate change context, Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Period | 4/03/10 → 6/03/10 |