[EN] The effects of climate change on agriculture raise major food security concerns. We use a global economy-wide model to assess the effects on farm product prices of expected yield changes. Also modelled is an expected ...
We assess possible modifications in the hydrological behaviour of the Rhone River and its tributaries at Lyon (France). We identify changes during the late-twentieth century based on observations and characterise potential ...
[EN] The Mediterranean region is one of the most responsive areas to climate change and was identified as a major "hot-spot" based on global climate change analyses. This study provides insight into local climate changes ...
Van Den Broeck, Nicholas(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-11-06)
[EN] With 60% of the world's population inhabited in close proximity to the shoreline and the coast responsible for a big part of the world's economy and tourisms, it is of the essence to protect this coast no matter what ...
[EN] Standardized drought indices have been traditionally used to identify and assess droughts because of their simplicity and flexibility to compare the departure from normal conditions across regions at different timescales. ...
Vicente, Oscar; Boscaiu, Monica(University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania - Faculty of Biotechnologies, 2019)
[EN] The progressive salinisation of irrigated cropland is causing substantial losses in agricultural production, a problema that will worsen due to climate change effects. Enhancing crop salt tolerance is a sensible ...
[EN] The alarming increase in global average temperatures and the adaptive capacity of humans in relation to air quality and temperature are becoming increasingly relevant. Scientific resources have focused on the thermal ...
[EN] Water indicators and indices are useful tools to assess river basin performance, that is, to measure whether the basin operates satisfactorily under a wide range of possible future demands and hydrological conditions. ...
Hattebuhr, Maren; Frank, Martin(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-01-29)
[EN] Climate change is subject to lively public discussions. Especially the question of whether climate change is manmade is a central point of contention. Since climatic processes are interleaved and complex, it is difficult ...
[EN] Dams are critical infrastructures whose safety must be properly managed. Traditional decision-making approaches often assume the stationarity of factors defining risk. However, dam risk is susceptible to evolve with ...
Schmidt, Laura(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-28)
[ES] La presente investigación es un acercamiento al potencial que ofrecen las prácticas artísticas ecológicas en el contexto de Internet.
Para poder comprender las problemáticas medioambientales actuales, se explora ...
Lorenzo-Sáez, Edgar; LERMA ARCE, VICTORIA; Coll-Aliaga, Eloína; Oliver Villanueva, José Vicente(Elsevier, 2021-11)
[EN] The Agenda for Sustainable Development 2030 of United Nations is made up of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that humanity will have to meet by 2030. In achieving the SDGs, green urban areas (GUA) play a ...
[EN] Information on the cost of adaptation in freshwater systems is necessary to better design strategies to face climate change and water management. We look at the existing estimates with the aim of identifying research ...
Sánchez-Jerez, Pablo; Babarro, Jose M. F.; Padin, X.A.; Longa Portabales, Angeles; Ballester-Berman, J. David; Martínez-Llorens, Silvia; Sara, Gianluca; Mangano, Maria Cristina(Elsevier, 2022-02-25)
[EN] Marine aquaculture takes advantage of marine ecosystem services to produce goods that can be relevant from a food security point of view. However, this activity is subject to multiple stressors as the ones exerted by ...
Miquel Bartual, Mijo(Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2020)
[EN] In this paper, we address the progressive precarization and uncertainty, both conceptual and material, in which we find ourselves, analyzing the reflex movement by which we seek shelter, trying to generate security ...
Arias López, Sebastián Esteban(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-07-28)
[ES] En este trabajo de investigación, se presenta un caso de estudio modelación de sistemas de gestión de recursos hídricos utilizando dinámica de sistemas. El objetivo principal es desarrollar un modelo de dinámica de ...
Casero-Cepeda, Juan Francisco; Catalá-Pérez, Daniel; Cano-Orellana, Antonio(MDPI AG, 2022-10)
[EN] The growing scarcity of water for human consumption in southern Europe is driving today¿s public administrations to search for new ways of optimising its availability. Within this context, the purpose of this paper ...
González Muñoz, Daniel Amaurys(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-09-04)
[ES] El objetivo de este trabajo de fin de máster es simular en el software aquacrop-os cultivos bajo escenarios de cambio climático para determinar qué impacto se produce en el rendimiento debido a la variación en los ...
[EN] Climate Impact Response Functions (CIRFs) can be useful for exploring potential risks of system failure under climate change. The performance of a water resource system can be synthesized through a CIRF that relates ...
Rubio Martín, Adrià(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-06-12)
[ES] Los servicios climáticos son productos que resultan de la combinación de datos climáticos y otra información pertinente y que resultan útiles para la toma decisiones para la adaptación o mitigación del cambio climático. ...