Integrated drought management: moving from managing disasters to managing risk in the Mediterranean region

Wilhite, Donald A.

doi:10.1007/s41207-019-0131-z

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“…Therefore, well-designed communication and education efforts are needed to increase practitioners' and public awareness and the ''social memory''. However, coordinated national efforts, including for instance drought monitoring, vulnerability, and impact assessments, early warning systems, national drought policies, and the adoption of regional drought mitigation strategies and action plans are also required to eventually cope more efficiently with drought hazards and extended water shortages (Wilhite 2019). First steps forward have been made by national agencies through the implementation of drought risk mapping tools such as SMHI's ''Risk for Water shortages'' tool (SMHI 2022) or SGU's ''Groundwater levels '' tool (SGU 2022), which enable a more tailored mapping of the dominating water resources (surface or groundwater) in a particular county.…”

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“…Drought risk depends on the combination of physical factors (hazard), exposure of the society and its vulnerability (IPCC 2021), where vulnerability includes susceptibility to impacts, coping capacity, and adaptive capacity (UNDRR 2021). Adequate drought risk management strategies increase a society's capacity to cope more efficiently (Wilhite 2019), but also require measuring and addressing aspects related to the hazard, exposure, and vulnerability (Buurman et al 2017). However, the disaster literature has to date mostly neglected droughts (Raikes et al 2019).…”

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Drought hazards and stakeholder perception: Unraveling the interlinkages between drought severity, perceived impacts, preparedness and management

Teutschbein

Albrecht

Blicharska

et al. 2023

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<p>The future risk for droughts and water shortages calls for substantial efforts by authorities to adapt at local levels. Understanding their perception of drought hazards, risk and vulnerability can help to identify drivers of and barriers to drought risk planning and management in a changing climate at the local level. We present a novel interdisciplinary drought case study in a Nordic country that integrates soft data from a nation-wide survey among more than 100 local practitioners and hard data based on hydrological measurements to provide a holistic assessment of the links between drought severity and the perceived levels of drought severity, impacts, preparedness and management for two consecutive drought events. We highlight challenges for drought risk planning and management in a changing climate at the local level and elaborate on how improved understanding of local practitioners to plan for climate change adaptation can be achieved.</p>

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Drought hazards and stakeholder perception: Unraveling the interlinkages between drought severity, perceived impacts, preparedness and management

Teutschbein

Albrecht

Blicharska

et al. 2023

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“…On the other hand, short-term projects with no continuation or proper sustainability or transition strategies create hope that fades as soon as Journal of Public Administration and Governance ISSN 2161-7104 2021 the stakeholders have terminated the project. Wilhite (2019) remarked that drought response by governments and other organizations throughout the world have been reactive, which made them poorly coordinated, ineffective, and untimely. When Chigavazira (2019) collected data in Mudzi district, the women were receiving cash monthly for the Cash-for-Work project, which they spent on cereals.…”

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Behaviour Change in Drought Response and Management: Case Study of Mudzi District, Zimbabwe

Chigavazira

Zandamela²

2021

JPAG

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This paper seeks to contribute to the droughts discourse through explaining the vulnerability of women to droughts by analysing the different livelihood strategies employed by women and their responses. The conservation of resources (COR) theory and ecological theory was applied to understand the issues of vulnerability, adaptation and coping with droughts. A qualitative approach was utilised through the application of semi-structured interviews, observation and document review tools. Although the element of behavioural change is illuminated in the behavioural theories and applied in some studies such as HIV and AIDS, this element is missing in the drought literature. In this paper, the behavioural change element that emerged is not only important but also relevant in understanding the dynamics associated with drought responses. This generates a novice understanding and explanation of the vulnerability of women to droughts and in so doing, it shapes the drought discourse beyond the traditional arena.

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“…Drought risk depends on the combination of physical factors (hazard), exposure of the society and its vulnerability (IPCC 2021 ), where vulnerability includes susceptibility to impacts, coping capacity, and adaptive capacity (UNDRR 2021 ). Adequate drought risk management strategies increase a society’s capacity to cope more efficiently (Wilhite 2019 ), but also require measuring and addressing aspects related to the hazard, exposure, and vulnerability (Buurman et al 2017 ). However, the disaster literature has to date mostly neglected droughts (Raikes et al 2019 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drought hazards and stakeholder perception: Unraveling the interlinkages between drought severity, perceived impacts, preparedness, and management

Teutschbein

Albrecht

Blicharska

et al. 2023

Ambio

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The future risk for droughts and water shortages calls for substantial efforts by authorities to adapt at local levels. Understanding their perception of drought hazards, risk and vulnerability can help to identify drivers of and barriers to drought risk planning and management in a changing climate at the local level. This paper presents a novel interdisciplinary drought case study in Sweden that integrates soft data from a nationwide survey among more than 100 local practitioners and hard data based on hydrological measurements to provide a holistic assessment of the links between drought severity and the perceived levels of drought severity, impacts, preparedness, and management for two consecutive drought events. The paper highlights challenges for drought risk planning and management in a changing climate at the local level and elaborates on how improved understanding of local practitioners to plan for climate change adaptation can be achieved.

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Integrated drought management: moving from managing disasters to managing risk in the Mediterranean region

Cited by 15 publications

References 4 publications

Drought hazards and stakeholder perception: Unraveling the interlinkages between drought severity, perceived impacts, preparedness and management

Drought hazards and stakeholder perception: Unraveling the interlinkages between drought severity, perceived impacts, preparedness and management

Behaviour Change in Drought Response and Management: Case Study of Mudzi District, Zimbabwe

Drought hazards and stakeholder perception: Unraveling the interlinkages between drought severity, perceived impacts, preparedness, and management

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