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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework
Published on: July 24, 2016
Drought hazards and stakeholder perception: Unraveling the interlinkages between drought severity, perceived impacts,
Claudia Teutschbein1, Frederike Albrecht2,3, Malgorzata Blicharska4
1Air, Water and Landscape Science, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden. claudia.teutschbein@geo.uu.se.
Abstract:
The future risk for droughts and water shortages calls for substantial efforts by authorities to adapt at local levels. Understanding their perception of drought hazards, risk and vulnerability can help to identify drivers of and barriers to drought risk planning and management in a changing climate at the local level. This paper presents a novel interdisciplinary drought case study in Sweden that integrates soft data from a nationwide survey among more than 100 local practitioners and hard data based on hydrological measurements to provide a holistic assessment of the links between drought severity and the perceived levels of drought severity, impacts, preparedness, and management for two consecutive drought events. The paper highlights challenges for drought risk planning and management in a changing climate at the local level and elaborates on how improved understanding of local practitioners to plan for climate change adaptation can be achieved.
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