Enhancing Drought Monitoring and Early Warning for the United Kingdom through Stakeholder Coinquiries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22331990 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jamie Hannaford (0000-0002-5256-3310, National University of Ireland, Maynooth), Kevin Collins (0000-0002-5716-7536, The Open University), Stephen Haine (0000-0001-7974-953X, University of Oxford), Sophie Haines (Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom), Lucy Barker (0000-0002-2913-0664, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology), Lucy J Barker (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-63 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Weather, Climate, and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1948-8327 • E-ISSN: 1948-8335 |
| Publisher | American Meteorological Society (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1175/wcas-d-18-0042.1 |
| OpenAlex | W2891245090 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 36 |
Drought is widely written about as a complex, multifaceted phenomenon, with complexity arising not just from biophysical drivers, but also human understanding and experiences of drought and its impacts. This has led to a proliferation of different drought definitions and indicators, creating a challenge for the design of drought monitoring and early warning (MEW) systems, which are a key component of drought preparedness. Here, we report on social learning workshops conducted in the United Kingdom aimed at improving the design and operation of drought MEW systems as part of a wider international project including parallel events in the United States and Australia. We highlight key themes for MEW design and use: “types” of droughts, indicators and impacts, uncertainty, capacity and decision-making, communications, and governance. We shed light on the complexity of drought through the multiple framings of the problem by different actors, and how this influences their needs for MEW. Our findings suggest that MEW systems need to embrace this complexity and strive for consistent messaging while also tailoring information for a wide range of audiences in terms of the drought characteristics, temporal and spatial scales, and impacts that are important for their particular decision-making processes. We end with recommendations to facilitate this approach
Biology · Business · Computer security · Corporate governance · Early warning system · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Preparedness · Public relations · Stakeholder · Telecommunications · Temporal scales · Warning system · Climate variability and models · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Hydrology and Drought Analysis · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |