Water and economic development : The role of variability and a framework for resilience

C. Brown; Upmanu Lall

DOI:10.1111/J.1477-8947.2006.00118.X

Corpus ID: 224523

Water and economic development : The role of variability and a framework for resilience

@article{Brown2006WaterAE,
  title={Water and economic development : The role of variability and a framework for resilience},
  author={C. Brown and Upmanu Lall},
  journal={Natural Resources Forum},
  year={2006},
  volume={30},
  pages={306-317}
}

C. Brown, Upmanu Lall

Published 2006

Geography

Natural Resources Forum

The article advances the hypothesis that the seasonal and inter-annual variability of rainfall is a significant and measurable factor in the economic development of nations. An analysis of global datasets reveals a statistically significant relationship between greater rainfall variability and lower per capita GDP. Having established this correlation, we construct a water resources development index that highlights areas that have the greatest need for storage infrastructure to mitigate the… CONTINUE READING

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