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