Murphy, Conor and Grainger, Sam (2024) CROSSDRO: Cross-sectoral Drought Impacts in Complex European Basins. Technical Report. Environmental Protection Agency Ireland (EPA), Johnstown Castle , Co Wexford.

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Abstract

Droughts are pervasive and hazardous events that impact multiple domains, including agriculture, water resource management, ecological management, infrastructure, waterway navigation and forestry. A drought in Ireland in 2018, had severe socio-economic and environmental impacts across sectors: agriculture suffered from reduced grass growth, fodder shortages and decreased crop yields, peatlands faced increased wildfire risk and ecological degradation and water management was challenging amid supply issues. In addition, canals, waterways, and rivers experienced weed growth, navigation problems, fishing restrictions and reduced fish health and forestry saw increased tree deaths, especially in peatland plantations. The CROSSDRO project collated a network of river flow gauges across Europe, covering the period 1962–2017, for the analysis of hydrological drought.

Item Type:	Monograph (Technical Report)
Keywords:	hydrological droughts; Ireland; CROSSDRO project; 1962-2017;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
Item ID:	18705
Identification Number:	978-1-80009-145-0
Depositing User:	Corinne Voces
Date Deposited:	02 Jul 2024 15:50
Publisher:	Environmental Protection Agency Ireland (EPA)
Funders:	Environmental Protection Agency
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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