Projects

Project Profile: DrIVER

Drought Impacts: Vulnerability Thresholds in Monitoring and Early-Warning Research

Who?

Principal Investigators: Kerstin Stahl, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Partners: Cody Knutson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States
Mark Svoboda, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States
Jamie Hannaford, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, United Kingdom
Kevin Collins, The Open University, United Kingdom
Ian Overton, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
Neville Crossman, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
Matthew Colloff, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
Sponsors: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
German Research Foundation, Germany
National Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom
National Science Foundation, USA

What?

Full Project Title: Drought Impacts: Vulnerability Thresholds in Monitoring and Early-Warning Research
Full Call Title: Freshwater2012
Website: https://www.drought.uni-freiburg.de/

Why?

Project Objective: This project seeks to fill this gap by improving the conceptual and methodological link between natural (hydrometeorological) drought characterization and environmental and socio-economic impacts, in order to inform the development of enhanced drought monitoring and early warning (M&EW) systems and other risk management strategies.
Call Objective: This call was created to address the following:

- Identification and characterization of the interactions between natural processes and human practices that govern water budgeting in selected regions;

- Development of approaches that support the evolution of resilient communities/regions through improved seasonal forecasting of droughts, taking into account natural and socio-economic drivers.

Where?

Regions: Europe, North America
Countries: Australia

When?

Duration: 36 Months
Call Date: 2012
Project Award Date: 2012