scholarly journals National Drought Management Policy Guidelines: A Template for Action*

2017 ◽  
pp. 55-94
Author(s):  
Donald A. Wilhite
Keyword(s):  
Management Policy ◽  
Drought Management

scholarly journals My Drought is Different from Your Drought: A Case Study of the Policy Implications of Multiple Ways of Knowing Drought

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Kohl ◽  
John A. Knox
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Drought Management ◽  
Green Industry ◽  
Societal Context ◽  
Science And Politics ◽  
Multiple Ways Of Knowing

Abstract This paper explores the relationship between scientific operationalizations of drought and the politics of water management during times of drought. Drawing on a case study of the 2007–09 drought in Georgia in the southeastern United States, this paper examines how multiple ways of knowing drought were produced, circulated, and utilized by stakeholders. Moreover, this paper explores the policy implications of these multiple ways of knowing drought. Data were drawn from archival research, direct observation, and semistructured interviews with members of the green industry (self-identified members of the urban agricultural sector); state environmental regulators; and local governmental officials. Data were analyzed to examine the interplay between science and politics. This paper highlights the intersections of drought management policy and 1) scale and operationalization of drought; 2) how stakeholders know drought; and 3) societal context within which knowledge of drought is produced, circulated, and utilized. This research demonstrates how stakeholders can leverage the complexity of drought to pursue their political goals and change the way water is managed during times of drought. Even in instances where there are different knowledges of drought, stakeholders can still change the societal context, as the green industry did in Georgia in 2009. This paper argues that scientists and policymakers who work on drought management need to consider how knowledges of drought are coconstituted through interactions between science, nature, and society.

National drought management framework for drought preparedness in Korea (lessons from the 2014–2015 drought)

Water Policy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (S2) ◽  
pp. 89-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilpyo Hong ◽  
Joo-Heon Lee ◽  
Hyo-Seob Cho
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Drought Management ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Korean Government ◽  
The Past ◽  
Response And Recovery ◽  
Drought Preparedness

The scale of damage caused by drought is on the rise in South Korea. The country has been experiencing a 4–6-year cycle of extreme droughts at a nationwide scale. From 2014–2015, South Korea suffered from its worst drought in the past 50 years. This study aims to provide an effective drought management policy by analyzing the Korean government's response to the 2014–2015 drought under the National Drought Management Framework, which is composed of four stages: prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. The findings indicate that the Korean government effectively addressed the drought, yet there are no measures currently in place to cope with megadroughts that last for more than 5 consecutive years. Immediate attention is required to conduct research and introduce policies that will help in managing megadroughts. This paper takes an interdisciplinary approach to drought preparedness research in the context of megadroughts and proposes an efficient national drought management framework that involves engagement of relevant line ministries.

Drought management policies – from global collaboration to national action

Water Policy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (S2) ◽  
pp. 228-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederik Pischke ◽  
Robert Stefanski
Keyword(s):  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Drought Indices ◽  
Drought Management ◽  
Horn Of Africa ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
High Level ◽  
Collaborative Efforts ◽  
Different Sources

The article provides an overview of the development of national drought management policies (NDMP). It explores collaborative efforts that were started at the High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy – whose declaration provides the backdrop to this article – and are implemented through the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)/Global Water Partnership (GWP) Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) and related initiatives. Early outputs, e.g., the National Drought Management Policy Guidelines – A template for action and the Handbook on Drought Indices and Indicators, provide an indication of how expert-reviewed guidance is brought together and applied by drought practitioners for developing NDMP and applying drought indices/indicators. Regional examples from Central and Eastern Europe and the Horn of Africa, including a brief country example from Kenya, highlight how these guidelines and collaborative efforts and outputs are applied. The role of IDMP is to provide a framework and commensurate technical support to countries but the actual development and implementation of national drought plans and policies still needs to be done by governmental ministries and national stakeholders. The article emphasizes how information from different sources is used to support countries to shift from only reacting to droughts when they occur to adopt proactive national drought policies that focus on improved collaboration and the mitigation of drought impacts.

Evolution of drought management policies and practices in the United States

Water Policy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (S2) ◽  
pp. 122-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Z. Stakhiv ◽  
William Werick ◽  
Robert W. Brumbaugh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Flood Control ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Drought Management ◽  
Management Policies

The evolution of United States (US) national and federal drought policies is examined, and the relative effectiveness of the hierarchy of federal, state and local drought management programs and practices is evaluated within the context of changing philosophies of water management. While there is no ‘national’ drought management policy, there is a strong federal policy that attempts to coordinate the management responses of numerous federal agencies. Drought and flood management comprise the key components of assuring national ‘water security’. Early 20th century US water resources management was very effective in providing the essential prerequisites of ‘water and economic security’ through a rapid expansion of water storage capacity, flood control, hydropower, irrigation and conveyance facilities as the basis for a robust national economic development program. Increasing water supply capacity has proven to be the most effective strategic drought management option. Today, federal drought management policies and programs focus mainly on demand reduction strategies, buttressed by a powerful array of environmental regulatory programs that strive to attain sustainable resource use. Climate uncertainty will again require greater focus on supply-side options that increase water supply robustness and resilience, especially in the growing urban areas of the semi-arid west.

scholarly journals Drought and Water Scarcity Management Policy in England and Wales—Current Failings and the Potential of Civic Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Grecksch ◽  
Catharina Landström
Keyword(s):  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Drought Management ◽  
Management Options ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Willingness To Change ◽  
Governance Challenges ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Different Levels

Drought management in England and Wales takes place in a narrow, confined governance space. Assessed against current literature on drought management, England and Wales show little innovativeness and little actual willingness to change. We ask how drought and water scarcity management is currently done, who is involved (or not) and, foremost, what are the current problems and deficiencies with current English and Welsh drought and water scarcity management that require attention. We are also interested in the question of what can be done to improve drought and water scarcity management in England and Wales. This research therefore explores how we can create a continuous relationship between the different actors contributing different levels of knowledge and we plead to widen the drought governance space in order to face the current and future water governance challenges. First, we present an empirically based critique of current drought and water scarcity management in England and Wales, highlighting the contrast between available drought and water scarcity management options and what is currently applied in England and Wales. Second, we present and introduce Environmental Competency Groups, a methodology aiming to bring local residents’ experience-based knowledge of water management in relation to particular catchments to bear on the generation of scientific knowledge. It has been successfully trialed in relation to both droughts and flooding in England and Wales. We argue that this is a successful way to bring together people with different perspectives and knowledge in order to overcome the deficiencies of current drought and water scarcity management in England and Wales.

The Role of Archives on the Incorporation of the Former Kangwane Homeland to Mpumalanga Province

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nkholedzeni Sidney Netshakhuma
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Mpumalanga Province ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
National Archives ◽  
And Control

This study was conceptualised in order to assess the strategies used to incorporate the homeland of KaNgwane into Mpumalanga province after the cessation of apartheid in 1994. The specific objective of the study was to investigate the compliance of records and archives with the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (Act No 43 of 1996), during the incorporation of the homeland of KaNgwane into Mpumalanga. The study adopted a qualitative methodology through document analysis, interviews and observations. The key findings revealed that the archives of the former homeland of Kangwane were not aligned with the requirements of the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (Act No.43 of 1996.) Institutions seem to lack experience when it comes to the challenges of storing records and implementing arrangement and control systems. The frequent lack of a records management policy and few to no staff with record-keeping and archival backgrounds was also a concern. A shortage of space to store records safely was also one of the major issues that the study uncovered. There appears to be no concerted effort to retain important historical records. Many records are stored in several different locations in government buildings.  I conclude that archives play an essential role to the nation as the institutional memory.

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