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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2201-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2201-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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29 Jun 2022
Research article | Highlight paper |
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Lessons from the 2018–2019 European droughts: a collective need for unifying drought risk management
Veit Blauhut
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Environmental Hydrological Systems, Faculty of Environment and
Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Michael Stoelzle
Environmental Hydrological Systems, Faculty of Environment and
Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Lauri Ahopelto
Water and Development Research Group, School of Engineering, Aalto
University, Aalto, Finland
Freshwater Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Manuela I. Brunner
Environmental Hydrological Systems, Faculty of Environment and
Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Claudia Teutschbein
Program for Air, Water and Landscape
Sciences – Hydrology, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Doris E. Wendt
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Vytautas Akstinas
Laboratory of Hydrology, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Kaunas, Lithuania
Sigrid J. Bakke
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Lucy J. Barker
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
Lenka Bartošová
Global Change Research Institute CAS, Brno, Czech Republic
Agrita Briede
Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia,
Riga, Latvia
Carmelo Cammalleri
Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy
Ksenija Cindrić Kalin
Division for the Development of Climate Products and Applications, Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Zagreb, Croatia
Lucia De Stefano
Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Miriam Fendeková
Department of Hydrogeology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynska dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4, Slovakia
David C. Finger
School of engineering, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
Energieinstitut an der Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz,
Austria
Marijke Huysmans
Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Mirjana Ivanov
Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology, Podgorica, Montenegro
Jaak Jaagus
Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences,
University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Jiří Jakubínský
Global Change Research Institute CAS, Brno, Czech Republic
Svitlana Krakovska
Laboratory of Applied Climatology, Ukrainian Hydrometeorological
Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Gregor Laaha
Institute of Statistics, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Monika Lakatos
Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest, Hungary
Kiril Manevski
Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
Mathias Neumann Andersen
Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
Nina Nikolova
Department of Climatology, Hydrology and Geomorphology, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Marzena Osuch
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Pieter van Oel
Water Resources Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Kalina Radeva
Department of Climatology, Hydrology and Geomorphology, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Renata J. Romanowicz
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Elena Toth
Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Mirek Trnka
Global Change Research Institute CAS, Brno, Czech Republic
Marko Urošev
Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić”, Serbian Academy of
Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Julia Urquijo Reguera
Department of Agroforestry Engineering, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y de Biosistemas, Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Eric Sauquet
RiverLy, INRAE, Villeurbanne, France
Aleksandra Stevkov
Department of Meteorology, National Hydrometeorological Service,
Skopje, North Macedonia
Lena M. Tallaksen
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Iryna Trofimova
Laboratory of Applied Climatology, Ukrainian Hydrometeorological
Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Anne F. Van Loon
Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Michelle T. H. van Vliet
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Jean-Philippe Vidal
RiverLy, INRAE, Villeurbanne, France
Niko Wanders
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Micha Werner
Water Resources & Ecosystems Department, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands
Patrick Willems
Hydraulics and Geotechnics Section, Department of Civil Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Nenad Živković
Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Data sets
Lessons from the 2018-2019 European droughts: A collective need for unifying drought risk management - querstionnaire data V. Blauhut https://doi.org/10.34730/ae96ed78875c4caa9ee5c25c2e2f711a
Executive editor
I agree with the assessment of the handling editor: hot topic, excellent analysis, holistic perspective, clear relation to impacts and stakeholders. Therefore, I agree it qualifies as a potential highlight paper for NHESS. Best regards, Joaquim Pinto
I agree with the assessment of the handling editor: hot topic, excellent analysis, holistic...
Short summary
Recent drought events caused enormous damage in Europe. We therefore questioned the existence and effect of current drought management strategies on the actual impacts and how drought is perceived by relevant stakeholders. Over 700 participants from 28 European countries provided insights into drought hazard and impact perception and current management strategies. The study concludes with an urgent need to collectively combat drought risk via a European macro-level drought governance approach.
Recent drought events caused enormous damage in Europe. We therefore questioned the existence...
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