Driving Forces and Socio-Economic Impacts of Low-Flow Events in Central Europe: A Literature Review Using DPSIR Criteria

Lukas Folkens (), Daniel Bachmann and Petra Schneider
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Lukas Folkens: Department of Water, Environment, Civil Engineering and Safety, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
Daniel Bachmann: Department of Water, Environment, Civil Engineering and Safety, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
Petra Schneider: Department of Water, Environment, Civil Engineering and Safety, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 13, 1-24

Abstract: Recent drought events in Europe have highlighted the impact of hydrological drought and low-flow events on society, ecosystems, and the economy. While there are numerous publications about flood risk management and the socio-economic consequences of floods, these have hardly been systematically dealt with in the scientific literature regarding low flows. This paper fills this gap by summarizing the current state of research in the form of a systematic literature review combining the criteria of the drivers–pressures–state–impacts–responses (DPSIR) framework with the propositional inventory method. In particular, the driving forces of low-flow events, their pressures, and the impacts on different economic sectors such as navigation, fisheries, industry, agriculture, forestry, energy, and tourism and recreation as well as resulting competitive usage claims for water and responses are presented and validated through expert interviews. In doing so, the study examines the causal chain of low-flow events and serves as a fundamental base for the future development of a damage cost database for low-flow events by preparing literature data on the socio-economic consequences of low-flow events for parameterization.

Keywords: low-flow risk management (LFRM); hydrological drought; DPSIR framework; water security; climate mitigation; water stress; external effects of low-flow events (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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