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Global Change and Regional Impacts : Water Availability and Vulnerability of Ecosystems and Society in the Semiarid Northeast of Brazil /

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Global climatic change will most likely affect natural resources and human living conditions in semiarid regions. This volume presents disciplinary as well as integrative methods to assess these impacts considering the interactions between climate variability and change, water availability, land-use...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gaiser, Thomas
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Krol, Maarten, Frischkorn, Horst, Araujo, Jose C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003.
Subjects:
Geography.
Hydraulic engineering.
Meteorology.
Regional planning.
Climatic changes.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Integrative Results
  • Natural and Socio-Economic Conditions in the States of PiauĂ­ and Ceará: Climate; Water Resources; Physical and Environmental Context; Survey of Vegetation
  • Climate Scenarios and Climate Modeling
  • Water Availability, Water Management and Water Use
  • Agricultural Productivity and Soil Science
  • Vegetation and Landscape Ecology
  • Economic and Social-Cultural Analyses
  • Suporting Mathematical Tools.