Drought, mortality and social structure

Sharma, S.

Environmental Education and Information 14(1): 85-94

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0144-9281
PMID: 12348133
Document Number: 307102
The social aspects of drought-induced morbidity and mortality in India are analyzed in this study. "As a sample study, mortality trends in Rajasthan State in India in the 1980s were analysed to correlate the increased death rate with the drought of 1987. It is demonstrated that drought-induced malnutrition is the root cause of death. Sociologically, populations are divided into three sections--fragile, resilient and potent--which are differently affected by droughts, the fragile section suffering worst."

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