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Mitigation and Prevention of Droughts: A Systematic Literature Review

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This paper analyzes the evolution of research on drought mitigation and prevention over the years through a systematic literature review. The results indicate the publication trends for future studies.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the support of Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) [88887091739/2014-01—Finance Code 001]; Foundation for Support of Research in the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) [202.806/2015, 203.178/2016 and 202.673/2018] and The Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) [304843/2016-4].

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  1. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Raissa Zurli Bittencourt Bravo, Adriana Leiras & Fernando Luiz Cyrino Oliveira

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  1. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Adriana Leiras

  2. Universidad Nacional de Colombia at Medellin (UNAL-Medellin), Medellín, Colombia

    Carlos Alberto González-Calderón

  3. Universidade Estadual Paulista at São José dos Campos (ICT-UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil

    Irineu de Brito Junior

  4. Universidad de Los Andes (UniAndes), Bogotá, Colombia

    Sebastián Villa

  5. Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil

    Hugo Tsugunobu Yoshida Yoshizaki

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Bravo, R.Z.B., Leiras, A., Oliveira, F.L.C. (2020). Mitigation and Prevention of Droughts: A Systematic Literature Review. In: Leiras, A., González-Calderón, C., de Brito Junior, I., Villa, S., Yoshizaki, H. (eds) Operations Management for Social Good. POMS 2018. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23816-2_26

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