DROUGHT RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN THE NETHERLANDS
Description
This drought risk assessment and management tools evaluate the impacts of climate variability on the agricultural sector. The tool has been applied to different case studies in the Netherlands: a controlled regional polder system, the Amsterdam-Rhine canal and North Sea canal (ARC-NSC), and the Berkel natural regional polder system. The tool can model the consequences of joint occurrence of low river discharges, salt-water intrusion and limited surface water/groundwater storage.
(Potential) Categories of users
Water authorities, agricultural producers, water resource managers, local authorities
(Potential) applications to decision making in the water sector:
Integral risk analysis with monetary effect from drought and floods
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Added value of this modelling approach/model/results
The tool helps assess the cost-efficiency of measures for the agricultural sector to cope with water scarcity.
What decision can be improved with this modelling approach:
The risk profile yielded by the tool serves as a starting point for development of new management strategies for risk adaptation and mitigation.