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Climatic Changes and Water Resources in the Middle East and North Africa

  • Fosters comprehensive understanding of the interactions between global climate change,
  • world water cycle and water resources
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)

Part of the book sub series: Environmental Science (ENVSCIENCE)

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
  2. Moroccan Climate in the Present and Future: Combined View from Observational Data and Regional Climate Scenarios

    • K. Born, M. Christoph, A. H. Fink, P. Knippertz, H. Paeth, P. Speth
    Pages 29-45
  3. Impact of Climate Change on Water Availability in

    • Peter Suppan, Harald Kunstmann, Andreas Heckl, Alon Rimmer
    Pages 47-58
  4. Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources

    • F. Zereini, H. Hötzl
    Pages 75-76
  5. Water Resources and Water Management

    • F. Zereini, H. Hötzl
    Pages 197-198
  6. A Decision Support System (DSS) for Water Resources Management, – Design and Results from a Pilot Study in Syria

    • A. Droubi, M. Al-Sibai, A. Abdallah, S. Zahra, M. Obeissi, J. Wolfer et al.
    Pages 199-225
  7. Management Strategies of Water Resources in the Arid Zone of South-Eastern Morocco

    • Hassane Jarar Oulidi, Lahcen Benaabidate, Ralf Löwner, Alan Ernest Fryar
    Pages 227-238
  8. The Evolution of Groundwater Exploration Methods in the Moroccan Oases through History, and Managing Ecological Risk of their Present Pollution

    • Mohammed Messouli, Giuseppe Messana, Mohamed Yacoubi-Khebiza, Asma El Alami El Filali, Ali Ait Boughrous, Mohamed Boulanouar
    Pages 267-288

About this book

"Climatic Change and Water Resources in the Middle East and North Africa" is dedicated to high-priority topics related to the impact of climate change on water resources in a water scarce region. The subject is described and discussed in three main chapters and different case studies. The three main chapters are (1) Climatic changes - sources and effects on the water cycle, (2) Impact of climate change on water resources, (3) Water resources and water management. These chapters are split up into further 26 sections. A total of 64 individuals from many countries have made contributions to this book. All topics in this book are complimentary and contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the interactions between global climate change, world water cycle and water resources. A valuable and meaningful interdisciplinary mixture of topics is combined in this book which will be of great interest to many scientists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe-University, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    F. Zereini

  • Universität Karlsruhe, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

    H. Hötzl

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