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 "snippet": "Vector dataset representing drought severity indicators aggregated to local municipality boundaries for KwaZulu\u2011Natal (KZN). The dataset was produced by joining zonal drought statistics derived from a provincial drought raster to the official local municipality boundary layer and clipping the result to provincial extent for disaster risk assessment and reporting.",
 "description": "<div style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:20px;\"><p>This dataset represents drought conditions summarised at <strong>local municipality level<\/strong>, intended for planning, prioritisation, and reporting within disaster management and climate risk contexts.<\/p><p>Local municipality boundaries were sourced from the national municipal boundary datasets maintained and updated through multiple redetermination cycles (2009\u20132016). The final municipal layer was joined with zonal drought statistics derived from a reclassified drought raster, providing municipality\u2011level drought indicators based on spatial aggregation.<\/p><p>The dataset supports comparison of relative drought severity between municipalities and enables integration with socio\u2011economic, agricultural, and infrastructure datasets.<\/p><p>This is a <strong>screening\u2011level analytical product<\/strong> and does not represent real\u2011time drought conditions.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><div style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:20px;\"><p>Selected attributes retained from the municipal boundary dataset and drought joins include:<\/p><ul><li><strong>MUNICNAME<\/strong> \u2014 Local municipality name<\/li><li><strong>NAMECODE<\/strong> \u2014 Composite municipality name and category<\/li><li><strong>CATEGORY / CAT_B<\/strong> \u2014 Municipal category classification<\/li><li><strong>DISTRICT / DISTRICT_N<\/strong> \u2014 District municipality<\/li><li><strong>PROVINCE / PROVNAME<\/strong> \u2014 Province name<\/li><li><strong>SUM<\/strong> \u2014 Summed drought metric from zonal statistics<\/li><li><strong>MAJORITY<\/strong> \u2014 Dominant drought class within municipality<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>",
 "summary": "Vector dataset representing drought severity indicators aggregated to local municipality boundaries for KwaZulu\u2011Natal (KZN). The dataset was produced by joining zonal drought statistics derived from a provincial drought raster to the official local municipality boundary layer and clipping the result to provincial extent for disaster risk assessment and reporting.",
 "title": "LDR.SRK_Drought_Severity",
 "tags": [
  "Drought",
  "drought severity",
  "KwaZulu Natal",
  "KZN",
  "disaster risk",
  "climate hazard",
  "GIS",
  "raster",
  "screening",
  "drought index"
 ],
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 "accessInformation": "Produced by Herman Booysen, SRK Consulting\nProject context: Disaster Management and climate risk analysis (internal GIS workflows)",
 "licenseInfo": "<div style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:20px;\">Screening\u2011level municipal drought assessment intended to support disaster risk profiling, planning, and prioritisation.<br>Not suitable for operational drought declaration, farm\u2011scale analysis, or temporal drought monitoring.<br>Use with supporting climatic data, expert interpretation, and local validation where possible.<\/div>",
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