Drought is one of the likely consequences of climate change in many regions of the world.
Together with an increased demand for water resources to supply the world's growing …

Drought draws together contributions from over 75 leading international researchers in the
field to present the most comprehensive body of research on the physical and social …

This chapter provides an interdisciplinary review of the drought literature. Droughts are
widely perceived as hydroclimatic hazards. In reality droughts are socioenvironmental …

The first 13 years of the twenty-first century have begun with a series of widespread, long
and intensive droughts around the world. Extreme and severe-to-extreme intensity droughts …

Drought is a normal, recurring feature of climate. The characteristics of this hazard along
with its farreaching. impacts, make its effects on society, economy, and environment difficult …

Droughts are a recurrent and natural part of the Australian hydroclimate, with evidence of
drought dating back thousands of years. However, our ability to monitor, attribute, forecast …

In the current human-modified world, or Anthropocene, the state of water stores and fluxes
has become dependent on human as well as natural processes. Water deficits (or droughts) …

Drought affects many aspects of society and its impact is global. To this end, rendering
recurrent drought occurrences is a key research focus. Recently, in addition to existing …

Owing to the rise in water demand and looming climate change, recent years have
witnessed much focus on global drought scenarios. As a natural hazard, drought is best …

There is increasing concern worldwide about the ineffectiveness of current drought
management practices that are largely based on crisis management. These practices are …