What do we know about water scarcity in semi-arid zones? A global analysis and research trends

F Morante-Carballo, N Montalván-Burbano… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water supply is strategic for the development of society. The water distribution in nature
follows patterns linked to geographic and territorial issues. Climate fluctuations aggravate …

Drought and society: Scientific progress, blind spots, and future prospects

E Savelli, M Rusca, H Cloke… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human activities have increasingly intensified the severity, frequency, and negative impacts
of droughts in several regions across the world. This trend has led to broader scientific …

Anthropogenic drought: Definition, challenges, and opportunities

A AghaKouchak, A Mirchi, K Madani, G Di Baldassarre… - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional, mainstream definitions of drought describe it as deficit in water‐related variables
or water‐dependent activities (eg, precipitation, soil moisture, surface and groundwater …

Sociohydrology: scientific challenges in addressing the sustainable development goals

G Di Baldassarre, M Sivapalan, M Rusca… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Agenda 2030
represent an ambitious blueprint to reduce inequalities globally and achieve a sustainable …

Unprecedented droughts are expected to exacerbate urban inequalities in Southern Africa

M Rusca, E Savelli, G Di Baldassarre, A Biza… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change-related drought risks are intensifying in many urban areas, making stakes
particularly high in contexts of severe vulnerability. Yet, how social power, differential …

Streamflow droughts aggravated by human activities despite management

AF Van Loon, S Rangecroft, G Coxon… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Human activities both aggravate and alleviate streamflow drought. Here we show that
aggravation is dominant in contrasting cases around the world analysed with a consistent …

Integrated approaches to understanding and reducing drought impact on food security across scales

X He, L Estes, M Konar, D Tian, D Anghileri… - Current opinion in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the cross-scale linkages between drought and food security is vital to
developing tools to reduce drought impacts and support decision making. This study reviews …

Expanding the scope and foundation of sociohydrology as the science of coupled human‐water systems

M Konar, M Garcia, MR Sanderson… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sociohydrology was launched as the science dealing with feedbacks between coupled
human and water systems. Much of the early work in sociohydrology involved studies in …

Socio-hydrological framework for investigating farmers' activities affecting the shrinkage of Urmia Lake; hybrid data mining and agent-based modelling

P Pouladi, A Afshar, A Molajou… - Hydrological Sciences …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Developing a general framework to capture the complexities associated with the non-linear
and adaptive nature of farmers facing water resources scarcity is a challenging problem …

Interdisciplinary critical geographies of water: Capturing the mutual shaping of society and hydrological flows

M Rusca, G Di Baldassarre - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
In light of recent calls for an increased commitment to interdisciplinary endeavors, this paper
reflects on the implications of a critical geography of water that crosses social and natural …