Water resources in the Mediterranean region /

Water Resources in the Mediterranean Region summarizes and collates scientific developments around water resources in the Mediterranean socio-economic environment through a multidisciplinary framework synthesizing hydrology, hydrogeology, climate, bioclimatology, economics, and geography. As such, i...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Zribi, Mehrez (Editor ), Brocca, Luca (Editor ), Tramblay, Yves (Editor ), Molle, Fran�cois (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, Netherland : Elsevier, 2020.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Since 1945
Water-supply > Mediterranean Region > Management.
Economic history
Social conditions
Water-supply > Management
Mediterranean Region > Economic conditions > 1945-
Mediterranean Region > Social conditions > 1945-
M�editerran�ee, R�egion de la > Conditions sociales > 1945-
Mediterranean Region
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Water Resources in the Mediterranean Region
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • Foreword
  • Water resources in the Mediterranean region: The challenge of the 21st century
  • Introduction
  • Knowledge of fluxes
  • Remote sensing for water resources
  • Governing water resources
  • Models for water resources management
  • Climate scenarios
  • Chapter 1: Hydrological cycle, Mediterranean basins hydrology
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Mediterranean catchments
  • 1.2.1. Boundary of the Mediterranean region
  • 1.2.2. Mediterranean catchments draining toward the Mediterranean Sea
  • 1.3. Physical characteristics
  • 1.3.1. Topography
  • 1.3.2. Geology
  • 1.3.3. Landcover
  • 1.3.4. Lithology
  • 1.3.5. Soil
  • 1.3.6. Karst
  • 1.4. Hydro-climatic characteristics
  • 1.4.1. Precipitation seasonality
  • 1.4.2. Stochastic characteristics of Mediterranean wet and dry periods
  • 1.5. Annual water balance of Mediterranean catchments
  • 1.6. Flood events
  • 1.7. Droughts
  • 1.8. Discussion, conclusion, and perspectives
  • Appendix A. Color legend and characteristics of Fig. 1.2
  • Appendix B. Catchments hydrological characteristics table of Fig. 1.3D
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 2: Evapotranspiration in the Mediterranean region
  • 2.1. Context: Evapotranspiration estimation as a main component of sustainable water management in the Mediterranean region
  • 2.1.1. ET as an estimate of the water demand for crop and natural ecosystems
  • 2.1.2. Actual ET and management issues
  • 2.1.3. Evapotranspiration as a key issue in the natural environment and groundwater
  • 2.2. Evapotranspiration as a link between the water and energy cycles
  • 2.2.1. The main drivers of ET: Climate, water, and plants
  • 2.2.2. ET in the water budget
  • 2.2.3. ET in the energy budget
  • 2.3. Specificities of evapotranspiration processes in the Mediterranean
  • 2.3.1. Plant scale: Complex canopies, sparse vegetation, and the competition for water and radiation
  • 2.3.2. Soil processes: Vapor transfer, crusting, etc
  • 2.3.3. Atmospheric processes: Oasis effects at a range of scales
  • 2.4. Regional evapotranspiration and its challenges
  • 2.4.1. The increasing availability of remote sensing data and their use in computing ET
  • 2.4.2. Water balance pathway and its pitfalls
  • 2.4.3. Energy balance pathway and its issues
  • 2.5. Case studies
  • 2.5.1. Rainfed olive yards: An emblematic agrosystem of the Mediterranean
  • 2.5.2. Regional water use in a mixed dry/irrigated agricultural landscape
  • 2.5.3. Irrigation scheduling at the plot scale in the Tensift region (Morocco)
  • 2.5.4. Mediterranean forest
  • 2.5.5. Evapotranspiration from various ecosystems in the Crau area (SE France)
  • 2.6. Conclusion
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 3: Mountain hydrology in the Mediterranean region
  • 3.1. Introduction

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