[PDF] Water Balances In The Eastern Mediterranean eBook

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 26,8 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Water balance (Hydrology)
ISBN : 0889369070

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Water Balances in the Eastern Mediterranean

Author : Tammo Steenhuis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 25,32 MB
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 1317103386

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Taking a uniquely interdisciplinary view of the Eastern Mediterranean region's water problems, this book considers some of the technical and regulatory solutions being proposed or implemented to solve the difficulties of diminished or polluted water supplies. Stressing the importance of traditional and historical cultural understanding in addressing the water crisis, the authors demonstrate that what is required is an integrated legal, social and scientific management system appropriate to each country's stage of development and their cultural heritage. Using case studies from Lebanon, Italy, Spain, Egypt, Greece, Jordan and Cyprus, the authors focus on the urgency of the present crisis faced by each country and the need for cooperation. The suggested solutions also serve as a paradigm for the rest of the world as it faces similar issues of water shortage.

Author : Anne Gunkel
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,34 MB
Release : 2015
Category :
ISBN :

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Abstract: Study region:Wadi Faria catchment, PalestineStudy focus: The upper part of the Faria catchment (139 km2) is a typical semi-arid karstcatchment in the Eastern Mediterranean, where, up to recently, data availability has hin-dered the accurate assessment of renewable water resources. Newly available six-yeartime-series of rainfall and runoff data, combined with thorough field campaigns, enabledthe application of the distributed TRAIN-ZIN watershed model. The model was constrainedusing seven hydrological signatures derived from the available time-series. New hydrological insights for the region: We found that the mean annual actual evapotranspi-ration was about 70% of precipitation, recharge was about 30% and natural runoff (excludingbaseflow) 1%. Aggregated model results also supported aridity indicators that show thepresence of Infiltration Excess (Hortonian) Overland Flow, as well as the importance ofindirect groundwater recharge and evaporation from soil during dry months. In total, max-imum annual water availability was of the same order of magnitude as actual demandestimates (23 MCM). However, high spatial and inter-annual variability, and the presenceof karst features suggest that water resources in the region are highly vulnerable

Author : L.J. Pratt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 50,10 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400906773

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Suppose one were given the task of mapping the general circulation in an unfamiliar ocean. The ocean, like our own, is subdivided into basins and marginal seas interconnected by sea straits. Assuming a limited budget for this undertaking, one would do well to choose the straits as observational starting points. To begin with, the currents flowing from one basin to the next, over possibly wide and time-varying paths, are confined to narrow and stable routes within the straits. Mass, heat and chemical budgets for individual basins can be formulated in terms of the fluxes measured across the straits using a relatively small number of instruments. The confinement of the flow by a strait can also give rise to profound dynamical conse quences including choking or hydraulic control, a process similar to that by which a dam regulates the flow from a reservoir. The funneling geometry can lead to enhanced tidal modulation and increased velocities, giving rise to local instabilities, mixing, internal bores, jumps, and other striking hydraulic and fine scale phenomena. In short, sea straits repre sent choke points which are observationally and dynamically strategic and which contain a full range of fascinating physical processes.

Author : Mehrez Zribi
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,23 MB
Release : 2020-06-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 0128180862

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Water Resources in the Mediterranean Region summarizes and collates scientific developments around water resources in the Mediterranean socio-economic environment through a multidisciplinary framework synthesizing hydrology, hydrogeology, climate, bioclimatology, economics, and geography. As such, it provides essential information for any reader looking to learn more about the Mediterranean which is experiencing the impact of climate change and concurrent complex issues of anthropogenic effects, especially in agriculture and other resource uses. Water Resources in the Mediterranean Region covers different challenges in the issue of the evolution of water resources in the Mediterranean. It is intended for PhD students, research scientists, and managers interested in new solutions and approaches for water management and in the forecast of future water dynamics. Offers multidisciplinary content providing global visions of the challenges faced in the Mediterranean region Presents fundamental and operational studies, providing the reader with information on how to implement these actions and results themselves Written in a pedagogical manner, allowing for ease of reading for both researchers and water managers