Drought hazards and stakeholder perception: Unraveling the interlinkages between drought severity, perceived impacts, preparedness, and management

• DOI: 10.1007/s13280-023-01849-w
• Publication Date: 2023-04-03T14:03:00Z
• Authors: Claudia Teutschbein; Frederike Albrecht; Malgorzata Blicha...; Faranak Tootoonchi; Elin Stenfors; Thomas Grabs
• Keywords: Preparedness; Vulnerability; Natural hazard; Risk Perception; Stakeholder Engagement; Economic shortage

The future risk for droughts and water shortages calls substantial efforts by authorities to adapt at local levels. Understanding their perception of drought hazards, vulnerability can help identify drivers barriers planning management in a changing climate the level. This paper presents novel interdisciplinary case study Sweden that integrates soft data from nationwide survey among more than 100 practitioners hard based on hydrological measurements provide holistic assessment links between severity perceived levels severity, impacts, preparedness, two consecutive events. highlights challenges level elaborates how improved understanding plan change adaptation be achieved.