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

DrIVER

Call

  • Freshwater

Project Website

https://www.drought.uni-freiburg.de/

Principal Investigator

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

Funders

  • CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), DFG (German Research Foundation), NERC (Natural Environment Research Council), NSF (National Science Foundation)

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.

Region

  • Europe, North America

Country

  • Australia

Duration

36 Months

Call Date

2012

Project Award Date

2012