Obiettivo The project aims to contribute to the formulation of policies concerning land degradation, the effects of which are compatible with, and can safely and efficiently be applied to, a wide range of national, regional and local circumstances by investigating how the rapidly changing social and socio-natural dynamics of Souther Europe (urbanisation, agro-industry, infrastructure) relate to the problems of degradation and desertification in that area.The present project is the sequel to the investigation (ARCHAEOMEDES I) of the many temporal scales (from 106 to 10-1 years) involved, and will primarily be concerned with the spatial aspects of the dynamics. It focuses on (1) the definition of the various levels of structuration which drive the dynamics involved, (2) the investigation of the ways in which the dynamics at these various levels articulate, (3) the creation of decision-support models of these dynamics which facilitate the investigation of alternative scenarios for the future, and (4) the development of ways in which to map these dynamics in geographical time-space. Four scales will be studied, each representing the interaction between two levels of structuration : (1) the European and national scale (focus on overall population dynamics); (2) the regionalsubregional scale (focus on spatial structure of human settlement vs. that of the natural environment, to be investigated in the Lower Rhtne Valley, the Languedoc-Roussillon and the Midi-Pyrinees (France); (3) the subregional-local scale (focus on the immediate ways in which a population controls its interaction with the environment, which are constrained by perception, the nature and internal dynamics of the communities involved, the spatial structure of the resources and the settlement pattern, etc., to be investigated in the Benidorm and Emporda areas (Spain), the Argolid (Greece) and the Lozhre (France); (4) the local-individual determining the resilience of certain localities and the demise of others, etc., to be investigated in the Causse Mijan (France), the Mondijo Basin (Portugal) and NW Epirus (Greece). We will use a set of modelling techniques to map the spatiotemporal dynamics of structuration in these areas at the appropriate levels. Finally we will synthesise the results obtained in a context derived from the issues in policymaking and implementation which are presently focusing the minds of administrators at many levels. Our recommendations will be evaluated for their contribution to long-term sustainability against some of the criteria proposed by the Club of Lisbon. Programma(i) FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998 Argomento(i) 01010403 - Land resources and the threat of desertification and soil erosion in Europe Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore University of Cambridge Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Downing Street CB2 3EZ Cambridge Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (11) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto Agricultural University of Athens Grecia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 75,Iera Odos 75 11855 Athens Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Francia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 92195 Meudon Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Francia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 13 rue Dufour 75006 Paris Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Cranfield University Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Cranfield MK43 0AL Bedford Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Francia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 31326 Auzeville - Castanet-Tolosan Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Stiching Regionaal Archeologisch Archiverings Projekt Paesi Bassi Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 14,Plantage Muidergracht 1018 TV Amsterdam Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSITY OF UMEAA Svezia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 901 87 UMEAA Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato UPPSALA UNIVERSITY Svezia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 4,Sankt Olofsgatan 10 B 75120 UPPSALA Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Universidade de Coimbra Portogallo Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Praca de Dinis 3000 Coimbra Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Universitat Pompeu Fabra Spagna Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 132-134,c/Balmes 08008 Barcelona Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato University of Ioannina Grecia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 45110 Ioannina Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato
