WARECALC

WATER RESOURCES VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE AND ANTHROPOGENIC LANDSCAPE CHANGES

Coordinatore	POLITECNICO DI TORINO    more  Organization address address: Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 city: TORINO postcode: 10129 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Davide Cognome: Poggi Email: send email Telefono: +39 0115645637 Fax: +39 0115645698
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Totale costo	90˙000 €
EC contributo	90˙000 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008
Funding Scheme	MC-IRSES
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-04-15   -   2013-04-14

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	POLITECNICO DI TORINO  Organization address address: Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 city: TORINO postcode: 10129 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Davide Cognome: Poggi Email: send email Telefono: +39 0115645637 Fax: +39 0115645698	IT (TORINO)	coordinator	90˙000.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Climate projections and trend analysis of historical data suggest that precipitation and temperature changes can dramatically alter the supply of and the demand for water in the human- and eco-systems. Moreover, anthropogenic landscape changes are occurring at unprecedented scales and rates given the societal needs for various (and often competing) ecosystem goods and services (food, energy, and water). How stable or resilient are the human- and eco- systems to climatic and anthropogenic perturbations remain a major societal concern. Of these concerns, hydrologic cycle changes, water resources availability and related management rank among the highest because of their importance in regulating human and ecological sustainability and climate feedbacks. A number of recent studies suggest that continental runoff increased throughout the 20th century despite a rapid increase in water consumption by humans and their activities. Scope of the project: The goal of this research program is on the overall impact of such changes on rainfall (the source of water) and concomitant replenishment of usable water supplies (e.g. ground- and stream- water) given their high priority to any future water resource planning. Even within this restricted scope, the barriers to scientific progress are numerous necessitating an inter-disciplinary approach that combines principles from eco-hydrology, hydraulics and fluid mechanics, soil physics, plant physiology, stochastic processes, dynamical systems theory, and water resources management. This project aims to build a network of researchers with complementary talents to begin progress on these fronts. Moreover, this network of researchers will be actively engaged in preparing the next generation of international scientists (via graduate student exchanges) who will be trained to approach such ‘interdisciplinary’ societal problems and progress on them by adopting ‘trans-disciplinary’ approaches now emerging from complex systems science, dynami'

Introduzione (Teaser)

European scientists investigated the processes that affect the movement of water from the soil into the atmosphere. The work was conducted to determine the threat to water resources from climate change and changes to the landscape as a result of human activities.