Governance for Drought Resilience, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016 Land and Water Drought Management in Europe

This book presents the findings of a team of scientists and practitioners who have been working on the project ?Benefits of Governance in Drought Adaptation? (in short: the DROP project), which is included in the European Union?s INTERREG IVB NWE programme. The DROP governance team developed a Governance Assessment Tool (GAT), which allows the governance setting of a given region for planning and realizing drought adaptation measures to be assessed. Based on this assessment, recommendations can be developed for regional water authorities concerning how to operate most effectively towards increased drought resilience in this context. The GAT has been applied to six regions in Northwest Europe: Twente and Salland in the Netherlands, Eifel-Ruhr in Germany, Brittany in France, Somerset in the United Kingdom, and Flanders in Belgium. These regions are subject to drought aspects related to nature, agriculture and freshwater.

Outlines the use of a coherent and practical governance assessment tool (GAT) that clearly defines which concept of governance is used and presents many examples

Elaborates this concept of governance in a guide to assess the degree to which it as a context facilitates or hinders action

Provides a tool which can also be used outside the scope of drought resilience, or even water policy implementation

Explains the issue of drought resilience in mostly water-rich northern Europe, which has gained little attention in the past, even though the potential damages are very substantial

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras