Mediterranean desertification and land-use

Objective

The objectives are to investigate the interaction between Mediterranean climate, land use and soil erosion and productivity in the light of anticipated changes in climate due to greenhouse warming and land-use changes due to agricultural policy.

In order to achieve these objectives the following investigations will be carried out:
Climatological investigations
- Regional scale short term climatology
- Climatic data management and provision
- Extreme events and the long term record
Physical modelling
- Process models of climate-ecology and land degradation interactions
- Surface and subsurface hydrology
- Implementation of SHE model
Remote sensing and archiving
- In situ measurements of spectral reflectances and regional analysis of change
- Calibration of remotely sensed data
The socio-economic dimensions of desertification
- Landscape dynamics in relation to desertification
- Dynamical systems models
Field site investigations
Field sites in five Mediterranean countries will provide case studies and data for model parameterization and validation and offer a range of conditions for evaluating the impact of desertification on natural and abandoned sites.

Programme(s)

• FP2-EPOCH - Two specific research and technological development programmes (EEC) in the field of the environment STEP/EPOCH - EPOCH -, 1989-1992

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

University of Bristol

Address

Senate House Tyndall Avenue
BS8 1TH Bristol
United Kingdom

Participants (16)

ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI

Greece

Address

University Campus, Egnatia Street, Administration
54006 Thessaloniki

Accademia Economico Agraria dei Georgofili

Italy

Address

8,Via Giovanni Caproni 8
50122 Firenze

Agricultural University of Athens

Greece

Address

78,Iera Odos
11855 Athens

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)

France

Address

Avenue De Concyr
45060 Orléans

CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

Address

1,General Segura 1
04001 Almeria

Cranfield University

United Kingdom

Address

Cranfield
MK43 0AL Bedford

INSTITUTO DE METEOROLOGIA

Portugal

Address

Rua C Do Aeroporto De Lisboa
1749-077 Lisboa

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Belgium

Address

16B,redingenstraat
3000 Leuven

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

United Kingdom

Address

University Plain
NR4 7TJ Norwich

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS.

United Kingdom

Address

Woodhouse Lane
Leeds

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

United Kingdom

Address

Cassie Building, Claremont Road
NE1 7RU Newcastle Upon Tyne

UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN

Greece

Address

17,Karantoni 17
81100 Mytilini

Universidad de Murcia

Spain

Address

Campus De 'La Merced' C/santo Cristo 1
30001 Murcia

Universitat de Valencia

Spain

Address

Dr. Moliner
46100 Valencia

Universiteit van Amsterdam

Netherlands

Address

115,Dapperstraat
1093 BS Amsterdam

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Italy

Address

Via Trentino 51
09100 Cagliari