Drought Planning and Management in the Iberian Peninsula

2017 ◽  
pp. 481-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Maia ◽  
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
Author(s):  
Joaquin Andreu ◽  
Javier Ferrer-Polo ◽  
M. Angel Pérez ◽  
Abel Solera ◽  
Javier Paredes-Arquiola

Drought ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 217-237
Author(s):  
Joaquin Andreu ◽  
David Haro ◽  
Abel Solera ◽  
Javier Paredes

Water Policy ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 784-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afonso Do Ó

Droughts are recurrent climatic hazards that cause major environmental, economic and social impacts, and increase the conflict potential between countries sharing transboundary river basins. The shared river basins of the Iberian Peninsula, and the Guadiana in particular, are of major significance for Mediterranean Europe, as examples of basins marked by aridity, water scarcity, and drought risk. A political agreement (the Albufeira Convention) regulates water issues between Portugal and Spain but an exception regime is applied under drought conditions, and the Convention looses its effectiveness. The two countries have different planning and management policies to tackle droughts, based on distinctive administrative and socio-economic structures. This paper analyses each country's framework, and assesses the level of cooperation and compliance with the basic pillars of transboundary water governance, identifying the potential and constraints for shared and effective transboundary drought planning and management. The analysis conducted shows how both countries fail to identify common benefits and goals, based on a shared process of public participation (which still does not exist). The paper concludes that, before aiming for a shared or joint planning process, both countries need to incorporate adaptive and precautionary management procedures into their planning systems and cooperation structures.


2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 2639-2647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Lyons Duncan ◽  
Debra Perrone ◽  
John H. Jacobi ◽  
George M. Hornberger

Water Policy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (S2) ◽  
pp. 177-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismail Kaan Tuncok

The focus of this study was to integrate drought planning and management into local and regional decision-making processes in the Seyhan River Basin, which is the second-largest basin after the Nile in the Eastern Mediterranean and agriculturally one of the most productive regions in Turkey and Europe. The methodological approach consisted of two steps: Step 1 – review and analyse historical data sets to evaluate and characterize water resources and drought-driven elements; Step 2 – evaluate drought indices to characterize drought conditions through use of the Standardized Precipitation Index and Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index. Historical and future expected drought periods were identified in the context of hydrologic, meteorologic and agricultural drought conditions.


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