A Natural Hazards Approach to Drought Assessment and Planning in the Chattahoochee River Basin

Proceedings of the 1993 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 20-21, 1993, Athens, Georgia.One effect the experience of the numerous drought events from 1980 to 1990 has had on the area of the Chattahoochee River Basin is to create awareness among states in the southeast for the need to develop strategies and planning to prepare for future climate variability. This paper outlines a natural hazards approach for analysis of climate change impacts and adjustments in order to improve the efforts in Alabama towards building a drought contingency planning process. Ideally, facilitating drought management efforts will also serve the broader agenda of the three states - Alabama, Georgia and Florida - to develop a comprehensive planning and management system for the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint (ACF) River Basin.Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of TechnologyThis book was published by the Institute of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-242). The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of the University of Georgia or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors