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Textfeld: necessary to understand the complex relationship between natural and socio-economic systems. Tools to integrate this knowledge and make it available for the strategic planning of sustainable development are described. This book, divided into eight parts, is a summary of the main research results and the presentations given at the final conference of the WAVES Program (Water Availability and Vulnerability of Ecosystems and Society) on June 2001 in Fortaleza (Brazil). It Textfeld: Global climatic change will most likely affect natural resources and human living conditions in semiarid regions. This volume presents disciplinary as well as integrative methods to assess these impacts considering the interactions between climate variability and change, water availability, land-use systems, and quality of life. Taking the semiarid northeastern area of Brazil as an example, a wide range of expertise and knowledge (from integrated water analyses to transregional migration) is Textfeld: focuses on the results to assess the socioeconomic impacts that global change will have on northeast Brazil. Many factors were described that should be included in developing scenarios for future planning purposes. It provides considerable useful background information concerning the complex multidisciplinary task of developing scenarios that can aid decision makers in formulating plans for sustainable development in an area that is highly Textfeld: New and Feature Titles: Global Change and Regional IMPACTS Water Availability and Vulnerability of ECOsystems and Society in the Semiarid Northeast of Brazil Gaiser, T.; Krol, M.; Frischkorn H.; de Araujo J.C.; (Eds.)

vulnerable to climate variability and change. 

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Some Key Facts About

LMLT

Programme started: 2001                           

Number of batch graduated: 6                    

Number of alumni: 72                                  

Present number of students: 23

Countries represent: total 37

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