EVALUATION OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS OF DROUGHT IN THE TURNU MĂGURELE – GIURGIU SECTOR OF THE ROMANIAN DANUBE VALLEY
Journal Title: Revue Roumaine de Géographie/Romanian Journal of Geography - Year 2018, Vol 62, Issue 1
Abstract
Drought is a climatic extreme event causing environmental damages that limit plant development and crop yields, with significant economic and societal impacts. Mitigation and adaptation measures to drought are the responsibility of both farmers and government entities requiring integrative management plans and strategies which account for the local particularities. The paper presents an assessment of socioeconomic effects of drought in the Turnu Măgurele – Giurgiu sector of the Romanian Danube Valley (RDV) based on a comprehensive analysis of specific climatic and socioeconomic indicators. Drought was quantified by the standardized precipitation index (SPI) and the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) at 1- to 24-month lags at three representative stations in the area, during the 1961–2017 period. The analysis shows that among the consequences of severe drought events that affected the study-area during the last decades were the yield losses and increasing prices in the crop market. The findings highlight, on the one hand, the losses to farmers as well as the role of compensation measures and, on the other hand, the anticipated increase of risk in agriculture. The response measures to drought mitigation in the sector and the RDV are discussed in a view of resource integrated policies and climate change adaptation strategies.
Authors and Affiliations
LAURA LUPU, CONSTANŢA BORONEANŢ, DIANA DOGARU
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