The focus of this study was to integrate drought planning and management into local and regional decision-making processes in the Seyhan River Basin, which is the second-largest basin after the Nile in the Eastern Mediterranean and agriculturally one of the most productive regions in Turkey and Europe. The methodological approach consisted of two steps: Step 1 – review and analyse historical data sets to evaluate and characterize water resources and drought-driven elements; Step 2 – evaluate drought indices to characterize drought conditions through use of the Standardized Precipitation Index and Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index. Historical and future expected drought periods were identified in the context of hydrologic, meteorologic and agricultural drought conditions.
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December 01 2016
Drought planning and management: experience in the Seyhan River Basin, Turkey
Ismail Kaan Tuncok
1Acin cd. 271. sk., No. 77/8 Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey.
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Water Policy (2016) 18 (S2): 177–209.
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Ismail Kaan Tuncok; Drought planning and management: experience in the Seyhan River Basin, Turkey. Water Policy 1 December 2016; 18 (S2): 177–209. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2016.019
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