Global-scale drought risk assessment for agricultural systems
Meza, Isabel, Siebert, Stefan, Doell, Petra, Kusche, Juergen, Herbert, Claudia, Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan, Nouri, Hamideh, Gerdener, Helena, Popat, Eklavyya, Frischen, Janna, Naumann, Gustavo, Vogt, Juergen V., Walz, Yvonne, Sebesvari, Zita and Hagenlocher, Michael, (2020). Global-scale drought risk assessment for agricultural systems. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS), 20 695-712
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Sub-type Journal article Author Meza, Isabel
Siebert, Stefan
Doell, Petra
Kusche, Juergen
Herbert, Claudia
Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan
Nouri, Hamideh
Gerdener, Helena
Popat, Eklavyya
Frischen, Janna
Naumann, Gustavo
Vogt, Juergen V.
Walz, Yvonne
Sebesvari, Zita
Hagenlocher, MichaelTitle Global-scale drought risk assessment for agricultural systems Appearing in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) Volume 20 Publication Date 2020-03-02 Place of Publication Munich Publisher European Geosciences Union Start page 695 End page 712 Language eng Abstract Droughts continue to affect ecosystems, communities and entire economies. Agriculture bears much of the impact, and in many countries it is the most heavily affected sector. Over the past decades, efforts have been made to assess drought risk at different spatial scales. Here, we present for the first time an integrated assessment of drought risk for both irrigated and rainfed agricultural systems at the global scale. Composite hazard indicators were calculated for irrigated and rainfed systems separately using different drought indices based on historical climate conditions (1980–2016). Exposure was analyzed for irrigated and non-irrigated crops. Vulnerability was assessed through a socioecological-system (SES) perspective, using socioecological susceptibility and lack of coping-capacity indicators that were weighted by drought experts from around the world. The analysis shows that drought risk of rainfed and irrigated agricultural systems displays a heterogeneous pattern at the global level, with higher risk for southeastern Europe as well as northern and southern Africa. By providing information on the drivers and spatial patterns of drought risk in all dimensions of hazard, exposure and vulnerability, the presented analysis can support the identification of tailored measures to reduce drought risk and increase the resilience of agricultural systems. UNBIS Thesaurus DROUGHT Keyword Hazard
Exposure
Vulnerability
Rain-fed agriculture
Irrigated agricultureCopyright Holder The Authors Copyright Year 2020 Copyright type Creative commons DOI 10.5194/nhess-20-695-2020 -
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