Drought in a human-modified world: reframing drought definitions,
understanding, and analysis approaches

Van Loon, Anne F.; Stahl, Kerstin; Di Baldassarre, Giuliano; Clark, Julian; Rangecroft, Sally; Wanders, Niko; Gleeson, Tom; Van Dijk, Albert I. J. M.; Tallaksen, Lena M.; Hannaford, Jamie; Uijlenhoet, Remko; Teuling, Adriaan J.; Hannah, David M.; Sheffield, Justin; Svoboda, Mark; Verbeiren, Boud; Wagener, Thorsten; Van Lanen, Henny A. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3631-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 9

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08 Sep 2016

Opinion article |

| 08 Sep 2016

Drought in a human-modified world: reframing drought definitions, understanding, and analysis approaches

Anne F. Van Loon, Kerstin Stahl, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Julian Clark, Sally Rangecroft, Niko Wanders, Tom Gleeson, Albert I. J. M. Van Dijk, Lena M. Tallaksen, Jamie Hannaford, Remko Uijlenhoet, Adriaan J. Teuling, David M. Hannah, Justin Sheffield, Mark Svoboda, Boud Verbeiren, Thorsten Wagener, and Henny A. J. Van Lanen

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SC1: 'Some Remarks about the gaps in our understanding of the complex interdisciplinary issue that is drought', Marc Bierkens, 10 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'reply to comment by Marc Bierkens', Anne Van Loon, 29 Jun 2016
RC1: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Jul 2016
- AC2: 'Author reply to comment reviewer 1', Anne Van Loon, 04 Aug 2016
RC2: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Aug 2016
- AC3: 'Author reply to comment reviewer 2', Anne Van Loon, 04 Aug 2016

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (05 Aug 2016) by Hilary McMillan

AR by Anne Van Loon on behalf of the Authors (23 Aug 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Aug 2016) by Hilary McMillan

AR by Anne Van Loon on behalf of the Authors (26 Aug 2016)

Short summary

In the Anthropocene, drought cannot be viewed as a natural hazard independent of people. Drought can be alleviated or made worse by human activities and drought impacts are dependent on a myriad of factors. In this paper, we identify research gaps and suggest a framework that will allow us to adequately analyse and manage drought in the Anthropocene. We need to focus on attribution of drought to different drivers, linking drought to its impacts, and feedbacks between drought and society.