This book presents the findings of a team of scientists and practitioners who have been working on the project Benefits of Governance in Drought Adaptation (in short: the DROP project), which is included in the European Union s INTERREG IVB NWE programme. The DROP governance team developed a Governance Assessment Tool (GAT), which allows the governance setting of a given region for planning and realizing drought adaptation measures to be assessed. Based on this assessment, recommendations can be developed for regional water authorities concerning how to operate most effectively towards...