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The need to integrate flood and drought disaster risk reduction strategies

In Water Security 2020, Volume 11, pp. 100070
From

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam1

University of Barcelona2

University of Liege3

Acacia Water4

Uppsala University5

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - German Research Centre for Geosciences6

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences7

Utrecht University8

University of California at Irvine9

Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark10

Urban Water Systems, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark11

University of Birmingham12

...and 2 more

Most research on hydrological risks focuses either on flood risk or drought risk, whilst floods and droughts are two extremes of the same hydrological cycle. To better design disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures and strategies, it is important to consider interactions between these closely linked phenomena.

We show examples of: (a) how flood or drought DRR measures can have (unintended) positive or negative impacts on risk of the opposite hazard; and (b) how flood or drought DRR measures can be negatively impacted by the opposite hazard. We focus on dikes and levees, dams, stormwater control and upstream measures, subsurface storage, migration, agricultural practices, and vulnerability and preparedness.

We identify key challenges for moving towards a more holistic risk management approach.

Language: English
Year: 2020
Pages: 100070
ISSN: 24683124 and 23450363
Types: Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2020.100070
ORCIDs: Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Karsten

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