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2010-173 METHODOLOGIC APPROACH TO DETERMINE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW IN RIVERSLina Castro 1, Yesid Carvajal 21 Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile2 Universidad del Valle, Colombia Abstract:Human society has made use of the water resources in rivers, lakes, underground and in different types of swamps for agriculture, urban consumption and industry, among others. Water resources have been […]
2010-172 CLIMATE CHANGE & WATER RESOURCES:RISK & RISK MANAGEMENT – GUYANAKailas NarayanCaribbean Institute for Meteorology & Hydrology, Barbados, West Indies Abstract:Sea level rise resulting from climate change can be severe on coastal rivers & aquifers on continental coastal areas & small islands. Guyana is on the north eastern coast of South America, most of the […]
2010-171 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT – A BASIN APPROACH FOR ESTIMATION OF THE MAXIMUM WATER DISCHARGESEvelin MonevInstitute of Water Problems – BAS, Sofia,Bulgaria Abstract:Basis of the proposed approach is the theoretical definition of the concept “Flood risk”. It is demonstrated in the paper that the probability component in the flood risk is equal to the probability […]
2010-170 CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS OF PRECIPITATION EXTREMES BASED ON REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONSJan Kysely 1, Ladislav Gaal 1, Romana Beranova 1, Eva Plavcova 11 Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Prague, Czech Republic Abstract:Future scenarios of high quantiles of precipitation amounts are examined in an ensemble of regional climate model (RCM) simulations for the 21st century, carried […]
2010-169 INFLUENCE OF ELEVATION ON SPATIAL INTERPOLATION OF PRECIPITATIONMarko Milosevic 1, Dragoljub Strbac 1, Jelena Kovacevic-Majkic 11 Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijic” SANU, Serbia Abstract:The study of spatial interpolation of precipitation values using the adequate interpolation method was done. Research was done in the municipality Jagodina (Central Serbia). Input data were digital elevation model (DEM) […]
2010-168 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOOD SECURITY LINKAGES IN THREE SELECTED REGIONS OF ETHIOPIATesfaye TafesseAddis Ababa University, Ethiopia Abstract:Access to water infrastructure reduces the exposure of people to a variety of diseases that obstruct the intake and utilization of food. In addition, it can reduce the time of hauling water by women thereby increasing their […]
2010-166 TREND ANALYSIS OF HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN TURKEY CLIMATE REGIONSHakan Aksu 1, Savay Kuscu 2, Osman Simsek 21 State Hydraulic Works, Ankara, Turkey2 State Meteorology Service, Turkey Abstract:Due to its possible effects, climate change has been a significant topic of research in recent years. Trend analysis is a basic tool to understand variations in time. […]
2010-165 DEVELOPING HYDRO-SOURCES FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY IN TURKEY: THE SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA PROJECT (GAP) AS A CASE STUDYBulent AcmaAnadolu University, Turkey Abstract:The Republic of Turkey has a special palace in the Eurasian and Mediterranean from the respects of both its social-economic structure and its geo-politic and geo-strategic importance. It is also the best model for […]
2010-164 ESTABLISHING OF MONITORING NETWORK ON KOSOVO RIVERS (DRINI I BARDHE, MORAVA E BINQES, LEPENC AND SITNICA)Stanislav Franciskovic-Bilinski 1, Fatbardh Gashi 2, Halka Bilinski 11 Institute “Rudger Boskovic”, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Croatia2 Faculty of Natural Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Pristine, Kosovo Abstract:The main goal of this work was to establish […]
2010-163 COASTAL DEGRADATION INDUCED BY ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS ALONG THE NORTH BULGARIAN BLACK SEA SHOREMargarita Stancheva 1, Veselin Peychev 1, Atanas Palazov 1, Jordan Marinski 2, Hristo Stanchev 11 Institute of Oceanology – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria 2 Institute of water problems – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Abstract: The present study explores modification […]