URI | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/A43BC123-5299-4115-862B-54C2BA9E5982 | - |
Γλώσσα | en | - |
Τίτλος | Projections of water resources availability in Crete for the 21st century under the global change perspective | en |
Δημιουργός | Koutroulis Aristeidis | en |
Δημιουργός | Κουτρουλης Αριστειδης | el |
Δημιουργός | Tsanis Giannis | en |
Δημιουργός | Τσανης Γιαννης | el |
Δημιουργός | Jacob Daniela | en |
Περίληψη | A robust signal of a warmer and drier climate over the western
Mediterranean region is projected from the majority of climate models.
This effect appears more pronounced during warm periods, when the
seasonal decrease of precipitation can exceed control climatology by
25-30%. The rapid development of Crete in the last 30 years has exerted
strong pressures on the natural resources of the region. Urbanization
and growth of agriculture, tourism and industry had strong impact on the
water resources of island by substantially increasing water demand. The
objective of this study is to analyze and assess the impact of global
change on the water resources status for the island of Crete for a range
of 24 different scenarios of projected hydro-climatological regime,
demand and supply potential. Water resources application issues analyzed
and facilitated within this study, focusing on a refinement of the
future water demands of the island, and comparing with "state of the
art" global climate model (GCM) results and an ensemble of regional
climate models (RCMs) under three different emission scenarios, to
estimate water resources availability, during the 21st century. A robust
signal of water scarcity is projected for all the combinations of
emission (A2, A1B and B1), demand and infrastructure scenarios. Despite
the uncertainty of the assessments, the quantitative impact of the
projected changes on water availability indicates that climate change
plays an equally important role to water use and management in
controlling future water status in a Mediterranean island like the
island of Crete. The outcome of this analysis will assist in short and
long-term strategic water resources planning by prioritizing water
related infrastructure development. | en |
Τύπος | Δημοσίευση σε Συνέδριο | el |
Τύπος | Conference Publication | en |
Άδεια Χρήσης | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
Ημερομηνία | 2015-11-09 | - |
Ημερομηνία Δημοσίευσης | 2012 | - |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | Changes, Climatic | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | Climate change | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | Climate changes | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | Climate variations | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | Climatic change | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | Climatic fluctuations | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | Climatic variations | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | Global climate changes | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | Global climatic changes | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | climatic changes | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | changes climatic | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | climate change | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | climate changes | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | climate variations | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | climatic change | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | climatic fluctuations | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | climatic variations | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | global climate changes | en |
Θεματική Κατηγορία | global climatic changes | en |
Βιβλιογραφική Αναφορά | A.G. Koutroulis, I.K. Tsanis and D. Jacob, “Projections of water resources availability in Crete for the 21st century under the global change perspective”, in European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 22-27 April 2012. | en |