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Global Change and Regional Impacts

Water Availability and Vulnerability of Ecosystems and Society in the Semiarid Northeast of Brazil

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Editors:
  1. Thomas Gaiser

    1. Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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  2. Maarten Krol

    1. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany

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  3. Horst Frischkorn

    1. Departamento de Engenharia, Hidráulica e Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil

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  4. Jose C. Araújo

    1. Departamento de Engenharia, Hidráulica e Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages XV-XV
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    2. General View of the WAVES Program

      • Thomas Gaiser, Luiz.G. R. Ferreira, Karl Stahr
      Pages 1-16

  3. Integrative Methods and Results

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Integrated Scenarios of Regional Development in Ceará and Piauí

      • Petra Döll, Maarten Krol, Dagmar Fuhr, Thomas Gaiser, Joachim Herfort, Sabine Höynck et al.
      Pages 19-41

    3. Integrated Modeling of Climate Change Impacts in Northeastern Brazil

      • Maarten S. Krol, Ann-Kathrin Jaeger, Axel Bronstert
      Pages 43-56

    4. The GIS-Based Model for Sustainable Development of Land Use (MOSDEL)

      • Andreas Printz, Ruth Lang
      Pages 57-78

  4. Natural and Socio-Economic Conditions in the States of Piauí and Ceará

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. The Climate of Piauí and Ceará

      • Peter C. Werner, Friedrich-Wilhelm Gerstengarbe
      Pages 81-85

    3. Water Resources of Ceará and Piauí

      • Horst Frischkorn, José Carlos Araújo, Maria Marlúcia F. Santiago
      Pages 87-94

    4. Physical and Environmental Context in the State of Ceará

      • Marcos José Nogueira de Souza, Vladia Pinto Vidal de Oliveira
      Pages 95-104

    5. Survey of the Vegetation in the State of Ceará

      • Carlos Lineu Frota Bezerra, Eliedir Ribeiro da Cunha Trigueiro, Antonio Alberto Jorge Farias Castro, Antônio Sérgio Farias Castro
      Pages 105-116

    6. Survey of the Vegetation in the State of Piaui

      • Antonio Alberto Jorge Farias Castro
      Pages 117-123

    7. Degradation Factors in a Risk-Prone Area: the Semiarid Northeast of Brazil

      • Hartmut Gaese
      Pages 125-133

  5. Climate Scenarios and Climate Modeling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Climate Analysis and Scenarios for Northeast Brazil

      • Friedrich-Wilhelm Gerstengarbe, Peter C. Werner
      Pages 137-151

    3. Dynamic Regional Climate Modeling and Sensitivity Experiments for the Northeast of Brazil

      • Uwe Böhm, Friedrich-Wilhelm Gerstengarbe, Detlef Hauffe, Martin Kücken, Hermann Österle, Peter C. Werner
      Pages 153-170

  6. Water Availability, Water Management and Water Use

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. Investigations on Water Management and Water Quality in Picos/PI and Tauá/CE

      • Susanne Voerkelius, Christoph Külls, Maria Marlúcia F. Santiago, Horst Frischkorn, Ligia Alves dos Santos Semrau, Gerold Heinrichs et al.
      Pages 173-184

    3. Water Quality in the Guaribas River Basin for Irrigation Use

      • Décio Frota, Margarita M. López Gil, Airton Ramalho, Francisco Dantas, Vladira Vieira
      Pages 185-191
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About this book

Global climatic change will most likely affect natural resources and human living conditions in semiarid regions. This volume presents disciplinary as well as integrative methods to assess these impacts considering the interactions between climate variability and change, water availability, land-use systems, and quality of life. Taking the semiarid northeastern area of Brazil as an example, a wide range of expertise and knowledge (from integrated water analyses to transregional migration) is necessary to understand the complex relationship between natural and socio-economic systems. Tools to integrate this knowledge and make it available for the strategic planning of sustainable development are described. This book is a summary of the main research results and the presentations given at the final conference of the WAVES Program on June 25-26 2001 in Fortaleza (Brazil).

From the reviews:

"This book focuses on results from a joint German-Brazilian program (Water Availability and Vulnerability of Ecosystems and Society, or WAVES) to assess the socioeconomic impacts that global change will have on northeast Brazil. This book, divided into eight parts, describes the many factors that should be included in developing scenarios for future planning purposes. The book provides useful information concerning the complex multidisciplinary task of developing scenarios that can aid decision makers in formulating plans for sustainable development in an area that is highly vulnerable to climate variability and change. For someone who is unfamiliar with the semiarid northeast Brazil region, the book provides considerable useful background information." (Vernon E. Kousky, BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEORLOGICAL SOCIETY, December 2004)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

    Thomas Gaiser

  • Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany

    Maarten Krol

  • Departamento de Engenharia, Hidráulica e Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil

    Horst Frischkorn, Jose C. Araújo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Global Change and Regional Impacts

  • Book Subtitle: Water Availability and Vulnerability of Ecosystems and Society in the Semiarid Northeast of Brazil

  • Editors: Thomas Gaiser, Maarten Krol, Horst Frischkorn, Jose C. Araújo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55659-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-43824-3Published: 08 October 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-62861-0Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-55659-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 429

  • Topics: Hydrogeology, Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning

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