Modeling Indicators of Drought and Analysis of Its Changing Process

A Case Study of 1994 Drought

Abstract

There is a need for developing indicators of social awareness against drought which is considered tobe a part of the regional infrastructure for water resources management. This paper attempts to model the invisible property of “social awareness”by measuring the area related newspaper articles in case study areas which have experienced droughts. This is accomplished by finding the relationship between actual water consumption and the social awareness. Then, comparisons between the three case study areas are made to illustrate how the proposed models can explain the common and distinct characteristics of citizen's social awareness and behavior against drought.