From hampering the ability of water utilities to fill their reservoirs to leaving forests parched
and ready to burn, drought is a unique natural hazard that impacts many human and natural …

Urban water systems need to serve increasing numbers of people under a changing climate.
Studies of systems facing extreme events, such as drought, can clarify the nature of adaptive …

In the past decade, to improve crop production and productivity, Ethiopia has embarked on
an ambitious irrigation farming expansion program and has introduced new large-and small …

Water managers must constantly balance investment in infrastructure upgrades to ensure
reliable water supply with the affordability of water rates for consumers. As a result, trade-offs …

Unaffordable water threatens water access in the United States, particularly for low-income
households. In water-scarce cities, water shortages during drought necessitate either …

Scarcity refers to not having enough of what one needs. This phenomenon has shaped
individuals´ life since ancient times, nowadays ranging from daily-life scarcity cues in …

Empirical cross‐hazard analysis and prediction of disaster vulnerability, resilience, and risk
requires a common metric of hazard strengths across hazard types. In this paper, the authors …

In recent decades, as crop production has increased in many areas where irrigation projects
have been implemented, the global agricultural development community has promoted …

Municipal water utilities are tasked with providing reliable, safe, and affordable drinking
water for over 250 million Americans. Accomplishing this can be costly and complicated. In …

Water conservation policy during a drought in California is often left to the water supplier to
develop and implement with the goal of meeting a defined reduction. In December 2022 …