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Título del libro: Drought: Research And Science-Policy Interfacing - Proceedings Of The International Conference On Drought: Research And Science-Policy Interfacing
Título del capítulo: Program of preventive and mitigation drought measures in the Rio Balsas Basin Council, Mexico

Autores UNAM:
DAVID ORTEGA GAUCIN;
Autores externos:

Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2015
Palabras clave:

Current vulnerabilities; Emergency measures; Federal governments; Integral part; Me-xico; National program; River basins; Drought


Resumen:

In 2013 the mexican federal government launched the National Program Against Drought (PRONACOSE, in Spanish), which consists in the attention, monitoring, prevention and mitigation of this recurrent phenomenon. As an integral part of PRONACOSE, Programs of Preventive and Mitigation Drought Measures (PPMDM) for each of the 26 Basin Councils in the country were made. Thus, this paper presents the main results derived from the formulation of PPMDM of the Rio Balsas Basin Council (RBBC). It presents, firstly, a brief description of the Balsas river basin; then exposes the main impact of past droughts in the area of this hydrological basin; continues describing the analysis of current vulnerability to drought in the basin; and finally, presents the series of measures that were defined under the RBBC to deal with future events of drought in three ways: before the phenomenon happens (strategic measures), at the beginning (tactical measures), and when it is already present (emergency measures). © 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK.


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