
The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 978, P. 179406 - 179406
Published: April 17, 2025
Groundwater drought, a prolonged period of abnormally low groundwater levels, poses significant threat to the environment, society, and economy. Drought impacts are particularly severe in (semi) arid regions, home over two billion people, where precipitation is scarce unevenly distributed. Despite extensive research on droughts, drought assessment related responses remains underexplored, especially addressing quality. This review addresses this gap by systematically investigating semi-arid regions. The process involved formulating search query, identifying relevant articles, filtering them based selection criteria. As result, 146 studies retrieved from SCOPUS database were fully reviewed. results then analyzed using Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact, Response (DPSIR) framework. explores natural human drivers their interactions, focusing environmental, societal, economic impacts. Assessment often prioritize water quantity quality typically indicate declining trend with heavy reliance field data rather than remote sensing. <40 % use advanced techniques like physical models or artificial intelligence. Responses include management, policy, community strategies, technological nature-based solutions. mainly focus frameworks. Challenges faced stakeholder engagement, public perception, reliable scarcity, high costs. Further needed model connections between impacts, understand dynamics, develop adaptive strategies. promotes intelligence sensing for studying while encouraging international cooperation.
Language: Английский