Summary
Contents
The geo-climatic conditions of South and South-East Asian countries are diverse and vulnerable to multiple natural hazards such as drought. Drought evolves over months or even years, affects a large spatial extent and causes enormous damages. Drought Risk Management in South and South-East Asia is a comprehensive reference on overall perspectives and scenarios on drought risk mitigation and management, based on researches and case studies from South and South-East Asian countries. Drought management is a complex area of work that requires active and continuous participation of the national, provincial and local governments, multiple ministries, and divisions. This book demonstrates the best practices of socio-economic and technological interventions to enhance drought risk management, which will help to develop plans and policies, and their implementation to reduce the impact of droughts. It also offers views of field practitioners on impacts of the interventions practised at the national, sub-national and local levels.
Mainstreaming Drought Risk Management in the Regional Integration of ASEAN
Mainstreaming Drought Risk Management in the Regional Integration of ASEAN
2.1 Introduction
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that comprises of 10 member states has been one of the most significant regional blocs in the world since its founding in 1967. It experiences, however, some very serious political, socio-economic and environmental challenges. A notable one is drought induced by climate change, which over the years has disproportionately affected the Southern Hemisphere. Drought and its transnational effects such as violent conflicts, displacement, food insecurity, poverty, unemployment and infectious diseases and other health risks, as presented in this chapter, can potentially spill over from one ASEAN state to others and ...