Over the past thirty years, drought events and the number of areas and people affected have dramatically increased both in number and intensity within the EU (Mediterranean Water Scarcity & Drought Working Group (MED WS&D WG) 2007). Severe events have been identified that on annual basis affected more than 800 000 km² of the EU territory (37%) and 100 million inhabitants (20%) in 1989, 1990, 1991 and more recently in 2003 (with an exceptional cost of 8.7 billion €, EC 2007a) and in 2007-2008.
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