“…Drought impacts are often nonstructural, spread over large geographical areas and have far-reaching economic, environmental 1976,1977,1984,1990,1995 Frome 1976,1990,1995,2005,2011 Pang 1975-1977, 1991-1992, 1995-1997, 2004-2006, 2010-2012 Bevills 1965,1973,1976,1990,1997,2003,[2011][2012] Ebbw 1964, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1989-1990, 1995-1996, 2002, 1975-1976, 1990, 1995-1996, 2011-2012 Eden at Kemback Rural: town (Cupar), villages; Scottish stakeholders: water supply; whisky distillery; market gardening Gently sloping and low-lying sandstone, limestone and igneous 29% grassland; 12% woodland; 52% arable/horticultural Abstractions for irrigation and public water supply (sandstone aquifer) Groundwater abstractions, effluent returns and small reservoirs in the headwaters 1973, 1974, 1976, 1989, 1995*Since 1961 and social consequences (Ebi and Bowen 2016). The complexity of drought has made it useful to consider droughts according to specific disciplinary perspectives (Wall and Hayes 2016). Meteorological drought defines drought through precipitation deficiency over a given period (Wilhite et al 2014).…”