Drought Toolbox
In your assessment are you focusing on specific sectors?
Drought impacts can be felt differently in different sectors. Focusing on a specific sector can improve your assessment. If you do not know the answer or are not focusing on a specific sector, select Next and skip this question.
Water supply & quality
Problems related to domestic or municipal water supply, low or dry well, hauling water, broken pipelines, moving pumps, voluntary conservation, mandatory conservation, etc.
Land Management
Problems related to land use and cover change, loss of soil, soil protection, sustainable land management, land degradation, etc.
Health & sanitation
Problems related to public & community health, cracked foundations, air quality, dust, more vector-borne disease, food insecurity, stress, people relocating, etc.
Fire
Problems related to more fires than usual, more intense fires, more fire risk, poor air quality, property damage, smoke from distant fire, park or road closure, burn or fireworks bans, firefighter settlements, etc.
Energy
Problems related to insufficient hydropower production, energy conservation, energy generation, etc.
Ecosystem Services
Problems related to loss of ecosystems and biodiversity, anthropogenic preassure to ecosystems deforestation, use of pesticides, landscape homogeniyzation, etc.
Business & Industry
Problems related to landscaping business down, lawnmower etc. sales down, barge traffic curtailed , fuel sales change, reduced workforce, closed business or bankruptcy, more golf course irrigation, etc.
Agriculture
Problems related to crop production, decrease in water allocation, reduced yield, insect infestation, crop disease, plant stress, added well, dam, pipe, etc. increased irrigation, etc.
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Problems related to drought preparation meetings, drought policy, etc
Other
Other not mention problems
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