Drought Planning and Management in the Iberian Peninsula

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2017

Authors

Rodrigo Maia (Author) FEUP; Sergio Vicente Serrano (Author) Other

Book

Title: Drought and Water Crises: Integrating Science, Management and Policy

Pages: 481-506

ISBN: 9781138035645

Other information

DOI: 10.1201/b22009

Abstract (EN): Drought is one of the most damaging natural hazards in the Iberian Peninsula (IP), causing varied socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Largely because of semiarid climatic characteristics and intensifying water use, the southern Europe region, which includes the IP, has been historically highly vulnerable to droughts. Precipitation variability and drought occurrence are two common characteristics of the climate in the IP (Martín-Vide 1994). Important climate differences exist across the IP (Font-Tullot 1988), with droughts affecting both humid and dry regions (Gil and Morales 2001; Vicente-Serrano 2006a, 2013). The main negative impacts of this phenomena are found in the regions with an annual average precipitation below 600 mm (Vicente-Serrano 2007).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 26