%A Ellen Westhoff
%T Integrated Flood and  Drought Measures A Qualitative Systematic Literature Review
%X This study investigates integrated flood and drought approaches. This stems from integrated 
flood and drought management. In this field they focus on a mulihazard approach. 
This research will investigate the existing and novel measures within the field of integrated flood 
and drought management. This will be done by answering the central question: “What are 
effective integrated flood and drought approaches?” aided by the following secondary 
questions “Which integrated flood and drought approaches exist?”, “Which integrated flood 
and drought measures have been put into practice?”, “When is an integrated flood and drought 
approach considered effective?”.
In order to answer the research question a systematic qualitative literature review has been 
conducted.  Using a combination of deductive and inductive coding.
When looking at the different type of measures, most of them are overarched by nature-based 
solutions. This concept describes measures that make use of ecosystems to provide additional 
benefits to humans. When looking at their impacts. Articles have rarely discussed negative impacts of integrated flood and drought
measures and focused mainly on the positive impacts. 
As the study proposes a starting point to categorize the different type of measures. Future 
research could dive deeper into the different type of measures. Especially what the drawbacks 
are of the measures. In addition to that, most benefits of the measures were overlapping.
%D 2024
%L theses_frw4651