Review article: Drought as a continuum – memory effects in interlinked hydrological, ecological, and social systems

• Published in: Natural hazards and earth system sciences Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 3173 - 3205
• Main Authors: Van Loon, Anne F., Kchouk, Sarra, Matanó, Alessia, Tootoonchi, Faranak, Alvarez-Garreton, Camila, Hassaballah, Khalid E. A., Wu, Minchao, Wens, Marthe L. K., Shyrokaya, Anastasiya, Ridolfi, Elena, Biella, Riccardo, Nagavciuc, Viorica, Barendrecht, Marlies H., Bastos, Ana, Cavalcante, Louise, de Vries, Franciska T., Garcia, Margaret, Mård, Johanna, Streefkerk, Ileen N., Teutschbein, Claudia, Tootoonchi, Roshanak, Weesie, Ruben, Aich, Valentin, Boisier, Juan P., Di Baldassarre, Giuliano, Du, Yiheng, Galleguillos, Mauricio, Garreaud, René, Ionita, Monica, Khatami, Sina, Koehler, Johanna K. L., Luce, Charles H., Maskey, Shreedhar, Mendoza, Heidi D., Mwangi, Moses N., Pechlivanidis, Ilias G., Ribeiro Neto, Germano G., Roy, Tirthankar, Stefanski, Robert, Trambauer, Patricia, Koebele, Elizabeth A., Vico, Giulia, Werner, Micha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 23.09.2024; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Adaptation; Drought; Drought monitoring; Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Ecological effects; Ecosystems; Environmental impact; Environmental risk; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Geovetenskap och relaterad miljövetenskap; Groundwater; Hazard identification; Hazard mitigation; Hydrologi; Hydrologic drought; Hydrology; Literature reviews; Mitigation; Multidisciplinär geovetenskap; Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Oceanografi, hydrologi och vattenresurser; Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources; Oceanography, Hydrology, Water Resources; Precipitation; Recovery; Resilience; Risk assessment; River basins; Rivers; System of systems; Systems theory; Vegetation; Water shortages; Weather hazards; Horn of Africa

Droughts are often long-lasting phenomena, without a distinct start or end and with impacts cascading across sectors and systems, creating long-term legacies. Nevertheless, our current perceptions and management of droughts and their impacts are often event-based, which can limit the effective asses...