Drought Crisis Management through Pictogram System Design

Iran is on the list of 10 disaster countries and in recent years, ways are considered to reduce the impact of natural disasters in our country. Also Drought has become aserious problem and it will affected humans, animals and ecosystems adversely in the future. One of the most important factors in preventing this phenomenon is the useof warning method to inform people because people understanding and awareness is an important factor in thecrisis management measures. There are several Tools for inform people in each area of risk such as Using Pictogram System that means the use of form and colorrather than language and relevant icons present prevention method to the Public and Visual information express forunderstanding the guidelines. In this paper we reviewed and described Pictogram System and we offered design a Pictogram system for preventing Drought in Non-Crisissituations. Then we evaluated the efficacy and vision this system with using Visual Signs .

Drought Crisis Management through Pictogram System Design Keywords:

Crisis Management , Drought , Prevention , Pictogram System , Symbology