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. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologynatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsdynamical systemsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensingnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software Programme(s) FP2-EPOCH - Two specific research and technological development programmes (EEC) in the field of the environment STEP/EPOCH - EPOCH -, 1989-1992 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator University of Bristol EU contribution No data Address Senate House Tyndall Avenue BS8 1TH Bristol United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (16) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI Greece EU contribution No data Address University Campus, Egnatia Street, Administration 54006 THESSALONIKI See on map Total cost No data Accademia Economico Agraria dei Georgofili Italy EU contribution No data Address 8,Via Giovanni Caproni 8 50122 Firenze See on map Total cost No data Agricultural University of Athens Greece EU contribution No data Address 78,Iera Odos 11855 Athens See on map Total cost No data Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) France EU contribution No data Address Avenue de Concyr 45060 Orléans See on map Total cost No data CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address 1,General Segura 1 04001 ALMERIA See on map Total cost No data Cranfield University United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Cranfield MK43 0AL Bedford See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTO DE METEOROLOGIA Portugal EU contribution No data Address Rua C do Aeroporto de Lisboa 1749-077 LISBOA See on map Total cost No data Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium EU contribution No data Address 16B,Redingenstraat 3000 Leuven See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address University Plain NR4 7TJ NORWICH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS. United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Woodhouse Lane LEEDS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Cassie Building, Claremont Road NE1 7RU NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN Greece EU contribution No data Address 17,Karantoni 17 81100 MYTILINI See on map Total cost No data Universidad de Murcia Spain EU contribution No data Address Campus de 'La Merced' c/Santo Cristo 1 30001 Murcia See on map Total cost No data Universitat de Valencia Spain EU contribution No data Address Dr. Moliner 46100 Valencia See on map Total cost No data Universiteit van Amsterdam Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 115,Dapperstraat 1093 BS Amsterdam See on map Total cost No data Università degli Studi di Cagliari Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Trentino 51 09100 Cagliari See on map Total cost No data