Ali et al. (2026) Flood and drought risk management across the hydroclimatic spectrum in the most affected regions under changing water resources conditions

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Identification

• Journal: Discover Environment
• Year: 2026
• Date: 2026-08-04
• Authors: Hamza Omar Ali, Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed
• DOI: 10.1007/s44274-026-00937-4

Research Groups

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Short Summary

This perspective analyzes the evolving landscape of flood and drought risk management across high-risk global regions, concluding that integrated governance and nature-based solutions are essential to address escalating compound hydroclimatic risks.

Objective

• To evaluate the effectiveness of current flood and drought risk management frameworks and identify transformative governance models capable of addressing compound and cascading risks driven by climate change.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: Global, with a focus on South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
• Temporal Scale: Contemporary period, based on recent scientific literature and current climatic trends.

Methodology and Data

• Models used: Not applicable (Synthesis/Perspective paper).
• Data sources: Review and synthesis of recent scientific literature.

Main Results

• Risk is escalating most rapidly in areas where physical exposure and socioeconomic vulnerability overlap.
• Conventional management systems—characterized by single-hazard focuses and historical calibrations—are increasingly overwhelmed by unprecedented and compound events.
• The most effective levers for building resilience are the combination of integrated early warning systems, nature-based solutions (NbS), and adaptive cross-sectoral governance.
• Siloed approaches to water hazard management are inadequate for the current hydroclimatic reality.

Contributions

• Unlike studies that treat floods and droughts in isolation or focus on a single region, this work synthesizes evidence across the full hydroclimatic spectrum and multiple affected regions to build a comprehensive argument for integrated governance.

Funding

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Citation

@article{Ali2026Flood,
  author = {Ali, Hamza Omar and Ahmed, Mohamed Mustaf},
  title = {Flood and drought risk management across the hydroclimatic spectrum in the most affected regions under changing water resources conditions},
  journal = {Discover Environment},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1007/s44274-026-00937-4},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s44274-026-00937-4}
}