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Impacts of European drought events: insights from an international database of text-based reports

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Stahl, Kerstin, Kohn, Irene, Blauhut, Veit, Urquijo, Julia, De Stefano, Lucia, Acácio, Vanda, Dias, Susana, Stagge, James H. +11 more·2016·Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
DOI 10.5194/nhess-16-801-2016

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Drought is a natural hazard that can cause a wide range of impacts affecting the environment, society, and the economy. Providing an impact assessment and reducing vulnerability to these impacts for regions beyond the local scale, spanning political and sectoral boundaries, requires systematic and detailed data regarding impacts. This study presents an assessment of the diversity of drought impacts across Europe based on the European Drought Impact report Inventory (EDII), a unique research database that has collected close to 5000 impact reports from 33 European countries. The reported drought impacts were classified into major impact categories, each of which had a number of subtypes. The distribution of these categories and types was then analyzed over time, by country, across Europe and for particular drought events. The results show that impacts on agriculture and public water supply dominate the collection of drought impact reports for most countries and for all major drought events since the 1970s, while the number and relative fractions of reported impacts in other sectors can vary regionally and from event to event. The analysis also shows that reported impacts have increased over time as more media and website information has become available and environmental awareness has increased. Even though the distribution of impact categories is relatively consistent across Europe, the details of the reports show some differences. They confirm severe impacts in southern regions (particularly on agriculture and public water supply) and sector-specific impacts in central and northern regions (e.g., on forestry or energy production). The protocol developed thus enabled a new and more comprehensive view on drought impacts across Europe. Related studies have already developed statistical techniques to evaluate the link between drought indices and the categorized impacts using EDII data. The EDII is a living database and is a promising source for further research on drought impacts, vulnerabilities, and risks across Europe. A key result is the extensive variety of impacts found across Europe and its documentation. This insight can therefore inform drought policy planning at national to international levels.

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Stahl, K., Kohn, I., Blauhut, V., Urquijo, J., De Stefano, L., Acácio, V., Dias, S., Stagge, J. H., Tallaksen, L. M., Kampragou, E., Van Loon, A. F., Barker, L. J., Melsen, L. A., Bifulco, C., Musolino, D., de Carli, A., Massarutto, A., Assimacopoulos, D., & Van Lanen, H. A. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Freiburg (DE)
  • University of Lisbon (PT)
  • University of Oslo (NO)
  • National Technical University of Athens (GR)
  • UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (GB)
  • Wageningen University & Research (NL)
  • Bocconi University (IT)
  • University of Udine (IT)
Corresponding author
Stahl, Kerstin
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Venue
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Published
2016-03-21
Volume
16
Issue
3
Pages
801-819
ISSN
  • 1561-8633 (ISSN-L)
  • 1684-9981
DOI
10.5194/nhess-16-801-2016
OpenAlex
W2305228282
Cited by
382
References
32
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FWCI
15.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Natural hazards and earth system sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council) (acceptedVersion)
  • Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
  • Docta Complutense (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Institutional Research Information System (University of Udine) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Archivio istituzionale della Ricerca - Bocconi (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
European Commission (282769)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Keywords
drought impacts, environmental impact of agriculture, public water supply, forestry impacts, regional variation, drought vulnerability, drought risk, drought policy

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