[en] This poster presents a holistic analysis of a drought in Belgium and highlights recommendations for a sustainable risk management.
To reach these objectives, we used an innovative tool : the chrono-systemic timeline. It’s a synthetic diagram which examines interdisciplinary key events of a crisis and logical links between them.
Contexts considered in the timeline are environmental conditions, economic and social contexts and political decisions.
This chrono-systemic timeline shows three important facts:
• water stress situations in all the socio-ecosystems of the territory;
• a slow return to a normal situation;
• a reactive crisis management.
This study recommends better planning for drought management by public authorities and promoting anticipatory and adaptive management.
Research Center/Unit :
SPHERES - ULiège
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology Agriculture & agronomy Life sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Thibaut, Kevin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement (Arlon Campus Environnement) ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Sphères
Language :
English
Title :
Socio-ecosystemic analysis of the 2018 drought in Wallonia (Belgium) and possible recommendations for a transversal and sustainable risk management
Publication date :
June 2022
Event name :
TERRAenVISION 2022 : Nature-based solutions to facilitate the transitions for living within the planetary boundaries
Event organizer :
Wageningen University & Research Rijkswaterstaat Universiteit Utrecht
