Drought in South Asia: A review of drought assessment and prediction in South Asian countries

SSK Chandrasekara, HH Kwon, M Vithanage… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
South Asian countries have been experiencing frequent drought incidents recently, and due
to this reason, many scientific studies have been carried out to explore drought in South …

Review on renewable energy potential and capacities of South Asian countries influencing sustainable environment: A comparative assessment

M Mitra, NR Singha, PK Chattopadhyay - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review discusses the potential, current capacity, limitations, and future prospects in the
renewable energy sectors of South Asian countries. Though these countries have been …

Seasonal drought pattern changes due to climate variability: Case study in Afghanistan

I Qutbudin, MS Shiru, A Sharafati, K Ahmed… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
We assessed the changes in meteorological drought severity and drought return periods
during cropping seasons in Afghanistan for the period of 1901 to 2010. The droughts in the …

GCI30: A global dataset of 30-m cropping intensity using multisource remote sensing imagery

M Zhang, B Wu, H Zeng, G He, C Liu… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
The global distribution of cropping intensity (CI) is essential to our understanding of
agricultural land use management on Earth. Optical remote sensing has revolutionized our …

A scoping review of drought impacts on health and society in North America

M Sugg, J Runkle, R Leeper, H Bagli, A Golden… - Climatic Change, 2020 - Springer
Drought is a highly destructive natural hazard with wide-ranging impacts on water security,
agriculture, energy, and human health. Unlike most natural hazards, droughts can develop …

Health and migration in the context of a changing climate: a systematic literature assessment

PN Schwerdtle, C McMichael, I Mank… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Background. Climate change and climate variability interact with political, economic, social,
demographic, and other environmental drivers to change the scale and patterns of human …

Climate change adaptation in conflict-affected countries: A systematic assessment of evidence

A Sitati, E Joe, B Pentz, C Grayson, C Jaime… - Discover …, 2021 - Springer
People affected by conflict are particularly vulnerable to climate shocks and climate change,
yet little is known about climate change adaptation in fragile contexts. While climate events …

Spatio-temporal pattern in the changes in availability and sustainability of water resources in Afghanistan

MN Sediqi, MS Shiru, MS Nashwan, R Ali, S Abubaker… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Water is gradually becoming scarce in Afghanistan like in many other regions of the globe.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the spatial changes in the availability and …

A review of hydro-hegemonic dynamics on the transboundary Harirud River Basin: 2001–present

N Loodin, J Warner - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the absence of a transboundary water agreement between riparian states of Harirud River
Basin, downstream states—Iran and Turkmenistan—have adopted a resource-capturing …

GIS-based wind farm suitability assessment using fuzzy AHP multi-criteria approach: the case of Herat, Afghanistan

S Nasery, DK Matci, U Avdan - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021 - Springer
The negative impacts of fossil fuel and nuclear energy for generating electricity on the
environment have created a need to find and use clean, renewable, and sustainable energy …