Journal of Geography & Natural Disasters
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0587
ISSN: 2167-0587
Department of Climate Science Research, Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute, Addis A, Ethiopia
Review Article
Drought and Flood Extreme Events and Management Strategies in Ethiopia
Author(s): Abirham Cherinet*, Chala Tadesse and Tesemash Abebe
The review was done with the aim to assess climate extreme events especially drought and flood and the responses strategies. The review shows, there were 19 drought events in the period between 1900-2002, which is roughly once in six years and affected nearly 19.7 million people while 14 flood events occurred from 1960 to 2020 of which about 11 flood events occurred after 1990. From the review, frequencies and magnitudes of both disasters are increasing year by year in Ethiopia. Besides implementing the international initiatives, the Ethiopia government developed a climate-resilient green economy strategy in 2010 to lower emissions which is the major factor of climate change. Changing planting dates and species, planting drought-tolerant crops, soil, and water conservation practices, afforestation and reforestation, crop and livelihood diversification, agroforestry practices, small sc.. View More»
DOI:
10.35841/2167-0587.22.12.248