Drought and the future of rural communities: drought impacts and adaptation in regional Victoria, Australia

摘要: The National Climate Change Research Facility (NCCARF) is undertaking a program of Synthesis and Integrative to synthesise existing emerging national international research on climate change impacts adaptation. purpose this provide decision-makers with the information they need manage risks change. This report drought future rural communities in regional Victoria forms part series studies/reports commissioned by NCCARF that look at historical extreme weather events, their subsequent adaptations. These studies examine particular events primarily extremes seek explore prior vulnerabilities resilience, character management event, adaptation effects present-day vulnerability. reports should inform thinking about adapting is, capacity adapt, barriers adaptation, translating into action. While it recognised comparison not, never can be, exact, over-arching goal better understand requirements successful compares impact two agricultural communities, Mildura Donald. Big Dry, or Millennium Drought, has affected southeast Australia since mid-1990s. Although there been return wet La Nina conditions, will be several seasons before conditions 'normal'. had serious water availability, production (due decreased irrigation allocations), biodiversity prolonged changes habitats) bushfire regimes. Two case (Mildura Donald) were chosen investigate socio-economic drought, past present measures, strategies required deal projected increases frequency magnitude events.