Ziel
To improve the understanding of the impact of desertification on headwater channels and rivers, where desertification is understood to include the effects of both human activities and climatic changes, and to extend these findings to the development of advice to those responsible for managing the environment and environmental change in Europe.
Investigation of the controls on gully development and expansion will allow modelling of these
effects using computer simulation to predict the impact through space and time of climatic and
socio-economic factors of runoff and sediment yields from headwater channels.
Changes in ephemeral rivers in dry Mediterranean environments will be studied to develop a
model to predict changes in channel morphology, sediment and water yield and surface cover use
potential of the channels. The model can then be used as a management tool for ephemeral
channels.
Project 4 also includes a coordination service for the whole MEDALUS III programme.
Coordination includes running plenary sessions and group meetings, and preparing publications
of working papers and reports of the project.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
Programm/Programme
Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
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CSC - Cost-sharing contractsKoordinator
WC2R 2LS London
Vereinigtes Königreich