Objective The LADAMER Project proposes an integrated approach to Land Degradation Assessments in Mediterranean Europe. The objective is to provide an assessment of the degradation status of Mediterranean lands on small scales, and the identification of hot spot areas subject to high desertification/degradation risk. LADAMER aims at supplying products relevant to national and international institutional end-users. The approach is based on an integration of expertise in landscape ecology and soil science, remote sensing, spatial analysis and integrated land use modelling. Different models and techniques that have already proven their validity on local to sub-regional scale will be modified to permit their application on regional scales. The project will use existing data on European land-use, soils and terrain elevation, climatic recordings used for agro-climatic modelling on European scale, remote sensing data archives from the VEGETATION and AVHRR systems, and regionalised socio-economic data. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologylandscape ecologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciencesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensing Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-2. - Key action Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF TRIER EU contribution No data Address Behringstrasse 15 54286 Trier Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Italy EU contribution No data Address Via enrico fermi 1 21020 Ispra See on map Total cost No data CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address 1,general segura 1 04001 Almeria See on map Total cost No data RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 6,papenstraat 8 6200 AL Maastricht See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA Portugal EU contribution No data Address Avenida de berna 26 c 1069-061 Lisboa See on map Total cost No data