Sustainability nexus analytics, informatics, and data (AID): Drought

Laurie S. Huning (), Sayed M. Bateni, Michael Hayes, Sarah Quynh-Giang Ho, Susantha Jayasinghe, Rohini Kumar, Carlos Lima, Charlotte A. Love, Kaveh Madani, Yannis Markonis, Mir A. Matin, Chiyuan Miao, Mahdi Motagh, Aaron Naeger, Debora Yumi Oliveira, Laura K. Read, Luis Samaniego, Nima Shokri, Shraddhanand Shukla, Reza Soltanian, Robert Stefanski, Fatma Trabelsi, Daniel Tsegai, Linh U. C. Vo, Niko Wanders, Marthe Wens, Azin Zarei and Amir AghaKouchak
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Laurie S. Huning: California State University, Long Beach
Sayed M. Bateni: University of Hawaii
Michael Hayes: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sarah Quynh-Giang Ho: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Susantha Jayasinghe: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
Rohini Kumar: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Carlos Lima: University of Brasilia
Charlotte A. Love: University of California, Irvine
Kaveh Madani: United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health (UNU-INWEH)
Yannis Markonis: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Mir A. Matin: United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health (UNU-INWEH)
Chiyuan Miao: Beijing Normal University
Mahdi Motagh: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Aaron Naeger: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Debora Yumi Oliveira: University of California, Irvine
Laura K. Read: Upstream Tech
Luis Samaniego: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Nima Shokri: Hamburg University of Technology
Shraddhanand Shukla: University of California
Reza Soltanian: University of Cincinnati
Robert Stefanski: World Meteorological Organization
Fatma Trabelsi: University of Jendouba
Daniel Tsegai: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Linh U. C. Vo: California State University, Long Beach
Niko Wanders: Utrecht University
Marthe Wens: Institute for Environmental Studies, VU Amsterdam
Azin Zarei: United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES)
Amir AghaKouchak: University of California, Irvine

Sustainability Nexus Forum, 2024, vol. 32, issue 1, No 18, 12 pages

Abstract: Abstract Drought occurs globally and can have deleterious effects on built and natural systems and societies. With the increasing human footprint on our planet, so has increased the anthropogenic influence on drought and water scarcity, leading to the development of notions of “anthropogenic drought” and “water bankruptcy”. Understanding the human dimension of drought is complex and requires a data-driven nexus approach to better understand the involved processes and address the implications of water deficits around the world. Just as it transcends scales and geographical boundaries, drought is neither restricted to a single hydrologic state in the water cycle nor are its effects confined to one sector. Drought impacts the water, energy, and food sectors, ecosystem services, socioeconomics, public policy, politics, etc. from local to regional and global scales. We argue that drought mitigation strategies and policy developments must be addressed with a multidisciplinary perspective that benefits from a nexus approach rooted in analytics, informatics, and data (AID). The United Nations University (UNU) Sustainability AID Programme employs such an approach to aid the monitoring, forecasting, and projection of drought, both from climatic and anthropogenic perspectives, and its multifaceted impacts across a variety of sectors and spatiotemporal scales. After a broad overview of this UNU Programme’s vision, and to support stakeholders and decision-makers, we present a drought resource database for drought-related information, data, and analysis tools. Our aim is not to compile an exhaustive list of all available data and tools. Instead, we prioritize mature datasets and AID tools while actively highlighting opportunities to develop new data and tools, fostering nexus research.

Keywords: Analytics; Informatics; Data; Drought; Sustainable development; Water; Nexus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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