1. Drought vulnerability studies identified through the search protocol
Drought vulnerability assessments Included in the review
1.
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Eierdanz, Frank, Joseph Alcamo, Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik, Dörthe Krömker, and Dennis Tänzler
(2008). ‘Using Fuzzy Set Theory to Address the Uncertainty of Susceptibility to Drought’. Regional
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Acosta-Michlik, Lilibeth A., K. S. Kavi Kumar, Richard J. T. Klein, and Sabine Campe (2008).
‘Application of Fuzzy Models to Assess Susceptibility to Droughts from a Socio-Economic
Perspective’. Regional Environmental Change 8, no. 4: 151–60. doi:10.1007/s10113-008-0058-4.
Krömker, Dörthe, Frank Eierdanz, and Andreas Stolberg (2008). ‘Who Is Susceptible and Why? An
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Taenzler, Dennis, Alexander Carius, and Achim Maas (2008). ‘Assessing the Susceptibility of
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4. Antwi-Agyei, Philip, Evan D.G. Fraser, Andrew J. Dougill, Lindsay C. Stringer, and Elisabeth Simelton.
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2. Reviewed DVAs
Table SM1. Reviewed DVAs
Title
Authors
Year
Scale
Location
Vulnerability of rural Sahelian Households to Drought: options for adaptation
Adepetu and Berthe 2007
2007
Subnational
Africa
Overview of the Colorado Drought Vulnerability Assessment by Sector- Methods, Results,
Challenges and Opportunities
Aggett 2012; CWCB 2010
2012
Subnational
North America
A new approach to quantifying and comparing vulnerability to drought
Alcamo et al 2008 (based on 3 studies)
2008
Subnational
Europe
Mapping the vulnerability of crop production to drought in Ghana using rainfall,yield and
socioeconomic data
Antwi-Agyei et al 2012
2012
National
Africa
Future drought impact and vulnerability - case study scale
Assimacopoulos et al 2014
2014
Subnational
Europe
Vulnerability to drought cyclones and floods-India
Bhattacharya and Das 2007
2007
Subnational
Asia
Chandrasekar et al 2009
2009
Subnational
Asia
Cheng and Tao 2010
2010
Subnational
Asia
De Stefano et al 2015
2015
Continental
Europe
Deems 2010
2010
National
Europe
Mapping Drought Patterns and Impacts: A Global Perspective
Eriyagama et al 2009
2009
Global
World
Climate Adaptation – modeling water scenarios and sectoral impacts
Florke et al 2011
2011
Continental
Europe
Fontaine and Steinemann 2009
2009
Subnational
North America
Fraser et al 2013
2013
Global
World
Village-level Drought Vulnerability Assessment Using Geographic Information System (GIS)
Ganapuram et al. 2013
2013
Subnational
Asia
The Vulnerability Assessment Method for Beijing Agricultural Drought
Huang et al 2014
2014
Subnational
Asia
Chapter 10. Methods for evaluating social vulnerability to drought
Iglesias et al 2007
2007
Regional
Mediterranean
Spatio-temporal assessment of vulnerability to drought
Jain et al 2015
2015
Subnational
Asia
An Analysis of Vulnerability to Agricultural Drought in China Using the Expand Grey Relation
Analysis Method
Jiang et al 2012
2012
National
Asia
Drought Risk Reduction in the Northern Cape, South Africa
Jordaan 2012
2012
Subnational
Africa
Drought impacts archive and drought vulnerability index
Karavitis et al. 2011
2011
National
Europe
Assessment of drought hazard, vulnerability, and risk: A case study for administrative districts in
South Korea
Kim et al. 2013
2013
National
Asia
Identification of Agricultural Drought Vulnerable Areas of Tamil Nadu, India—Using GIS Based
Multi Criteria Analysis
Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation of Drought Vulnerability Based on the Analytic Hierarchy
Process
Methodological approach considering different factors influencing vulnerability – pan-European
scale
Vulnerability of rural communities in the Mediterranean region to climate change and water
scarcity: the case of Cyprus
Assessing Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Impact-Based Method and Application to Drought in
Washington State
Vulnerability hotspots: Integrating socio-economic and hydrological models to identify where
cereal production may decline in the future due to climate change induced drought
Title
Authors
Year
Scale
Location
Drought risk and vulnerability assessment; a case study of Baringo county, kenya
Kipterer and Mundia 2014
2014
Subnational
Africa
Studies on assessment of vulnerability to drought
Kumar 2013
2013
Subnational
Asia
Liu et al 2013
2013
Subnational
Asia
Long et al 2011
2011
Subnational
Asia
Móring et al 2012
2012
Regional
Europe
Murthy et al 2015
2015
Subnational
Asia
Naumann et al 2014, Dewfora project reports
2013
Continental
Africa
Pandey et al 2010
2010
Subnational
Asia
Perčec Tadić et al 2014
2014
National
Europe
Pereira et al 2014/ Pereira et al 2011
2014
Subnational
South America
Safavi et al 2014
2014
Subnational
Asia
Developing a synthetic index of land vulnerability to drought and desertification
Salvati et al 2009
2009
National
Europe
Drought risk assessment in the western part of Bangladesh
Shahid and Behrawan 2008
2008
Subnational
Asia
Water-deficit based drought risk assessments in Taiwan
Shiau and Hsiao 2012
2012
Subnational
Asia
Typologies of crop-drought vulnerability: an empirical analysis of the socio-economic factors that
influence the sensitivity and resilience to drought of three major food crops in China (1961–2001)
Simelton et al 2009
2009
National
Asia
Drought Risk Vulnerability Parameters among Wheat Farmers in Mashhad County, Iran
Sookhtanlo et al 2013 /Khoshnodifar et al 2012
2013
Subnational
Asia
Micro-level Drought Vulnerability Assessment in Peddavagu basin, a Tributary of Krishna River,
Andhra Pradesh, India
Sreedhar et al 2013
2013
Subnational
Asia
Vulnerability to Agricultural Drought in Western Orissa: A Case Study of Representative Blocks
Swain and Swain 2011
2011
Subnational
Asia
Groundwater drought vulnerability/ Integrated mapping of groundwater drought risk in the
Southern African Development Community (SADC) region
Villholth et al.2011/ Villholth et al.2013
2011
Regional
Africa
Assessing Vulnerability to Agricultural Drought: A Nebraska Case Study
Wilhelmi and Wilhite 2002
2002
Subnational
North America
Wu (Di) et al 2013
2013
Subnational
Asia
Yuan et al 2013
2013
Subnational
Asia
Drought vulnerability assessment: The case of wheat farmers in Western Iran
Zarafshani et al 2012
2012
Subnational
Asia
Assessment of drought vulnerability of the Tarim River basin, Xinjiang, China
Zhang et al 2014
2014
Subnational
Asia
Assessing Vulnerability to Drought Based on Exposure, Sensitivity and Adaptive Capacity: A
Case Study in Middle Inner Mongolia of China
Quantitative Assessment and Spatial Characteristics of Agricultural Drought Risk in the Jinghe
Watershed, Northwestern China
Estimation and mapping of drought vulnerability on the basis of climate, land use and soil
parameters using GIS technique
A study on agricultural drought vulnerability at disaggregated level in a highly irrigated and
intensely cropped state of India
Exploring drought vulnerability in Africa: an indicator based analysis to inform early warning
systems
Integrating Hydro-Meteorological and Physiographic Factors for Assessment of Vulnerability to
Drought
Drought Vulnerability in Croatia
Integrated assessment of smallholder farming’s vulnerability to drought in the Brazilian Semi-arid:
a case study in Ceará
Integrated Index for Assessment of Vulnerability to Drought, Case Study: Zayandehrood River
Basin, Iran.
Assessment on agricultural drought vulnerability in the Yellow River basin based on a fuzzy
clustering iterative model
China’s regional vulnerability to drought and its mitigation strategies under climate change: data
envelopment analysis and analytic hierarchy rocessintegrated approach
3. Drought impacts registered by EMDATA (1990 – 2014)
Table SM2. Drought events from 1990 to 2014
Country
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bolivia
BosniaHercegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde Is
Chad
Chile
China P Rep
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Denmark
Djibouti
Ecuador
El Salvador
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Fiji
France
Gambia The
Georgia
Greece
Total_affected
Total_damage
Occurrence
6510000
142050
0
0
1963900
0
0
120000
297000
100000
7000000
3973000
0
100000
0
0
0
0
838515
100000
62575
100000
12062000
0
5546290
3062500
6550000
186900
40000
5456000
0
415274000
100000
0
0
820000
0
0
933008
144665
400000
5600000
39491879
263455
0
428000
696000
0
298000
0
7532000
0
0
0
138000
0
0
0
200000
25110415
0
24000
330000
183139
0
751700
0
1700
220400
0
15600
0
10000
0
200000
1000000
4
1
4
2
1
4
1
1
1
7
2
2
10
1
5
6
4
3
3
5
1
26
1
2
1
4
2
1
6
3
4
3
9
1
2
2
1
1
Country
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran Islam Rep
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea Dem P Rep
Korea Rep
Kyrgyzstan
Lao P Dem Rep
Lesotho
Lithuania
Macedonia FRY
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Marshall Is
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia Fed
States
Moldova Rep
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Total_affected
Total_damage
Occurrence
0
2880081
0
132000
607200
1035000
585625
0
351175000
1080000
37000000
0
0
0
0
330000
46150000
84000
3000000
0
2000000
20000
2032015
0
10000
1565290
20149435
5000
5427000
6384
3005907
0
2565000
0
24000
0
0
43700
0
10000
484000
2041122
89000
3300000
0
75000
1990000
6000
0
0
0
0
0
0
1000
0
278473
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
175000
1610000
1
4
1
2
2
3
8
2
5
2
1
1
1
3
1
2
9
1
1
1
1
2
4
2
1
4
6
1
6
1
5
1
5
28800
216194
450000
275000
6999500
1114200
503000
0
0
406000
0
900000
50000
115000
0
923000
1
3
1
1
9
6
2
2
Country
Nicaragua
Niger
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Senegal
Solomon Is
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
St Lucia
Sudan
Swaziland
Syrian Arab Rep
Tajikistan
Tanzania Uni Rep
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Trinidad and
Tobago
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Total general
Total_affected
Total_damage
Occurrence
553000
18000
19123058
0
2200000
247000
0
200000
500000
0
1777890
0
3321500
286000
2854282
64453
0
1348136
0
2000
0
500000
1000000
2540000
1976545
0
1134000
0
380
0
11700000
0
15300000
1000000
6000000
7700000
2800000
0
0
0
18860000
0
1630000
1739
1629000
0
3800000
57000
10654000
0
29982602
424300
0
0
0
0
3850000
0
0
0
600000
0
6110000
0
4173204
17022618
1172810397
0
0
1600
1690000
39135000
250000
50000
0
649120
1000000
0
50000
110285647
4
6
1
1
1
6
5
4
2
1
1
5
3
2
2
6
3
2
2
1
6
3
2
2
6
8
1
1
1
6
1
11
1
1
1
4
1
3
6
375
4. Definitions of vulnerability present in the reviewed DVAs
Table SM 3. Vulnerability definitions included in DVA reviewed
References
Vulnerability definition
Adepetu and Berthe
2007
Aggett 2012; CWCB
2010
Alcamo et al 2008
(based on 3 studies)
The capacity of individuals and social groups in the Sahel to respond to – that is, to cope
with, recover from, or adapt to – any drought- elated stress placed on their livelihood.
Antwi-Agyei et al 2012
Assimacopoulos et al
2014
Bhattacharya and Das
2007
Chandrasekar et al 2009
Cheng and Tao 2010
Deems 2010/ Deems
and Brugemann 2010
Florke et al 2011
De Stefano et al 2015
Iglesias et al 2007/2009
Jain et al 2015
Jiang et al 2012
Jordaan 2012
Karavitis et al. 2011
Kim et al. 2013
Kipterer and Mundia
2014
Liu et al 2013
Long et al 2011
Murthy et al 2015
Naumann et al 2014
Pandey et al 2010
Vulnerability: The susceptibility to injury or damage from hazards. (Godschalk 1991, 132)
Susceptibility: the capability of an individual, community, or state to resist and/or recover
from crises brought about by environmental stress (Alcamo 2001)
The degree to which an environmental or social system is susceptible to, or unable to cope
with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes IPCC
2001
Vulnerability of each Case Study (either water system or specific sector) to a drought event
of specific characteristics (severity, duration, spatial extent) is expressed as a function of
exposure (E), sensitivity (S) and adaptive capacity (A)
Vulnerability of an entity is a function exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity, IPCC
2001
Vulnerability identifies the degree to which a system is susceptible or unable to cope with
adverse effect of climate. Riebau and Fox 2005
To anticipate and cope with the drought
The degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with, adverse effects of
climate change, including climate variability and extremes. Vulnerability is a function of the
character, magnitude, and rate of climate variation to which a system is exposed, its
sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity IPCC 2001
Vulnerability is defined as the degree to which a system is susceptible to, and unable to
cope with, injury damage or harm IPCC 2001
The degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with drought. Vulnerability
is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate variation to which a system is
exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity IPCC 2001
Vulnerability of a system is determined by an external dimension, defined by the
characteristics of the hazard, and an internal dimension that comprises its sensitivity or the
conditions of the system that reduce or exacerbate impacts, and its capacities to mitigate,
respond or adapt to those impacts
Vulnerability refers to the characteristics of a group in terms of its capacity to anticipate,
cope with, resist and recover from the impact of drought.
Vulnerability to drought refers to the degree of exposure to water deficit. Areas that have
higher exposure and low coping capabilities would have the highest risk from a given
drought event and vice versa
Vulnerability to agricultural drought means that the extent of agriculture potential sensibility
to the drought threat (Liu et al 2002)
The conditions determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors or
processes, which increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazards
(UNISDR, 2004).
Vulnerability is a dynamic systemic attribute that fluctuates in time following the various
changes that occur in the system of interest (Adger and Kelly, 1999; Dalziell and McManus,
2004; Leichenco and O’Brien, 2002; Luers, 2005; Miller et.al, 2010).
Vulnerability is conceptualized to describe the degree to which a socio-economic system or
physical assets are either susceptible or resilient to the impact of natural hazards (Wilhelmi
and Wilhite, 2002).
Condition resulting from social, economic, and environmental factors or processes, which
increases susceptibility of agricultural systems to the impact of drought hazard (CWCB
2010)
Vulnerability refers to the frangible nature of a system faced with various types of potential
disasters
Vulnerability refers to the potential for loss (Cutter 1993). Etkin et al. (2004) defines
vulnerability as the propensity to suffer some degree of loss from a hazardous event,
whereas Turner et al. (2003) defines it as the degree to which a system is likely to
experience harm due to exposure to a hazard
Agricultural drought vulnerability is a measure of the capacity of the agricultural area of an
administrative unit to cope up with the drought situation.
Vulnerability refers to the characteristics of a group in terms of its capacity to anticipate,
cope with, resist and recover from the impact of drought.
Vulnerability refers to the degree of susceptibility to a hazard either as the result of varying
exposure to the hazard or because of variation in the ability to cope with its impact
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Vulnerability definition
Pereira et al 2014/
Pereira et al 2011
Vulnerability can be defined as the susceptibility of human systems to natural phenomena,
and is frequently associated with specific losses or damages (Morton 2007).
Social vulnerability to drought is complex and reflected by society’s capacity to anticipate,
cope with and respond (Tsakiris and Pangalou 2009)
Describes the degree to which a socio-economic system or physical assets are either
susceptible or resilient to the impact of natural hazards (Wilhelmi and Wilhite 2002)
Drought vulnerability measures lack of resistance to droughts
Vulnerability’’ refers to the extent to which a drought of a given size (measured
meteorologically) has an impact on agricultural production (measured in terms of harvest).
Vulnerability of an agricultural system to diverse weather can be observed when relatively
small weather anomalies have disproportionately large impacts on crop production. One
reason for this may be that underlying socio-economic factors could have inhibited
adaptation. Such vulnerable cases may be contrasted with situations where large weather
anomalies seem to have caused little production loss. In these cases, fraser et al. (2011)
hypothesize that underlying socioeconomic factors may have enhanced adaptive strategies
(fraser 2007 and fraser et al 2011)
The susceptibility of a system to disturbances determined by exposure to perturbations,
sensitivity to perturbations, and the capacity to adapt (Nelson 2007) Set of conditions and
processes resulting from physical, social and economic factors, which increase the
susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazards (ISDR 2004)
The composite of conditions and exposure to adverse processes that increase the
susceptibility level of populations and their habitations to drought (UNEP 2001)
The degree of susceptibility of society to a hazard, which could vary either as a result of
variable exposure to the hazard, or because of coping abilities Own definition based on
others
The property that the structure and function of a system (including subsystems and system
components) is prone to damage, due to its sensitivity to internal and external disturbances,
as well as its lack of coping capacity respond to such circumstances (Li et al. 2008)
Vulnerability is composed of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity (IPCC 2007; Polsky
et al. 2007, Pandey and Jha 2012; Liu et al. 2013)
The characteristics of a person or group in terms of their capacity to anticipate, resist, cope
with, and recover from the impact of natural or man-made hazards (Blaikie et al., 1994;
IFRC, 1999; Ethlet and Yates, 2005; Paavola, 2008). According to IPCC (2001),
vulnerability is defined as the extent to which a natural or social system is susceptible to
sustaining damage from climate change
Vulnerability to a natural hazard is the degree of loss as a result of potential hazard in a
given region (UN 1991), the potential maximum loss of life and property due to drought
hazards in a given region during a given time period.
Safavi et al 2014
Shahid and Behrawan
2008
Shiau and Hsiao 2012
Simelton et al 2009
Simelton et al 2012
Sookhtanlo et al 2013
/Khoshnodifar et al 2012
Swain and Swain 2011
(2 paper)
Wilhelmi and Wilhite
2002
Wu (Di) et al 2013
Yuan et al 2013
Zarafshani et al 2012
Zhang et al 2014