Drought is the most complex but least understood of all natural hazards. It is broadly defined as "severe water shortage". Low rainfall and fall in agricultural production has mainly caused droughts. A droughts impact constitutes losses of life, human suffering and damage to economy and environment. Drought have been a recurring feature of the Indian climate therefore study of Historical droughts may help in the delineation of major areas facing drought risk and thereby management plans can be formulated by the government authorities to cope with the disastrous effects of this hazard.
Chopra, P. (2006): Drought Risk Assessment Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study of Gujarat. Master thesis submitted to the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Enschede, The Netherlands.
