Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – DG ECHO Daily Map | 11/10/2019

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Global 2014 activities
Drought Risk and Water Stress
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Map Information Water Stress2 (Source: World Resources Institut – WRI)

 The Drought Risk indicator1 results from
the interactions between hazard
(probability of a drought event), exposure
(amount of population, livelihoods, assets, Drought Risk1
resources, and services in drought-prone Source: JRC GDO
areas), and vulnerability (susceptibility of
exposed elements to suffer adverse High (0.8 - 1)
effects when impacted by a drought Medium-high (0.6 - 0.8)
event). The drought exposure derives
from the combination of population Medium (0.4 - 0.6)
(Source: JRC GHSL), global agricultural Low-medium (0.2 - 0.4)
lands (Source: SEDAC), gridded livestock
of the world (Source: FAO), and baseline Low (0 - 0.2)
water stress (Source: WRI). Arid lands*, low water
 The Baseline Water Stress indicator2
usage, no data
measures the ratio of total water
withdrawals (domestic, industrial, Urban centres
irrigation and livestock consumptive and Source: JRC
GHSL Urban Centre Database
non-consumptive uses) to available Extremely high (> 80%) Low-medium (10 - 20%)
renewable water supplies. Higher values High (40 - 80%) Low (< 10%) *Warm and cold arid land, ice cap - 1Temporal
range 2000-2014, spatial resolution Hydrological
indicate more competition among users. Medium-high (20 - 40%) Arid lands*, low water
sub-basin - 2Temporal range 1960-2014, spatial
usage, no data
resolution Hydrological sub-basin