Lessons from the 2018-2019 European droughts: a collective need for unifying drought risk management
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F22%3A00559016" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/22:00559016 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/22/2201/2022/nhess-22-2201-2022-discussion.html" target="_blank" >https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/22/2201/2022/nhess-22-2201-2022-discussion.html</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2201-2022" target="_blank" >10.5194/nhess-22-2201-2022</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Lessons from the 2018-2019 European droughts: a collective need for unifying drought risk management
Original language description
Drought events and their impacts vary spatially and temporally due to diverse pedo-climatic and hydrologic conditions, as well as variations in exposure and vulnerability, such as demographics and response actions. While hazard severity and frequency of past drought events have been studied in detail, little is known about the effect of drought management strategies on the actual impacts and how the hazard is perceived by relevant stakeholders. In a continental study, we characterised and assessed the impacts and the perceptions of two recent drought events (2018 and 2019) in Europe and examined the relationship between management strategies and drought perception, hazard, and impact. The study was based on a pan-European survey involving national representatives from 28 countries and relevant stakeholders responding to a standard questionnaire. The survey focused on collecting information on stakeholders' perceptions of drought, impacts on water resources and beyond, water availability, and current drought management strategies on national and regional scales. The survey results were compared with the actual drought hazard information registered by the European Drought Observatory (EDO) for 2018 and 2019. The results highlighted high diversity in drought perception across different countries and in values of the implemented drought management strategies to alleviate impacts by increasing national and sub-national awareness and resilience. The study identifies an urgent need to further reduce drought impacts by constructing and implementing a European macro-level drought governance approach, such as a directive, which would strengthen national drought management and mitigate damage to human and natural assets.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10503 - Water resources
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000797" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000797: SustES - Adaptation strategies for sustainable ecosystem services and food security under adverse environmental conditions</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
ISSN
1561-8633
e-ISSN
1684-9981
Volume of the periodical
22
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
2201-2217
UT code for WoS article
000818952900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85133537659