2 Ressources and Relations

Due to the complexity of the task, six disciplines will be established in the main project phase which are responsible for the analysis of different system components (climate, water, soil, plant, animal, man) and/or for the integration of the results of the different disciplines (Landscape Ecology, Integrated Modelling) and will work closely together (Figure 1).

Fig. 1: Disciplines and goals

Climate

Climate analysis

Climate modelling

Development of climate scenarios

Hydrology

data collection and processing (water quality; streamflow data; water consumption)

description of water rights, distribution, and use

Large scale hydrological model

Large scale water management model

Soil

Soil survey and water balance

Inventory and characterization of existing soil resources

Agroecosystems

Development of land use strategies

Investigation of the ecological stability of agroecosystems

Modelling of pasture management, plant and animal production

Socio-economic and socio-cultural analysis

Description of the socio-economic and socio-cultural conditions

Investigation of interactions between quality of life and migration

Formulation of a sociocultural partial model

Integrated modelling and data handling

Merging multi-disciplinary information into an integrated model

Focusing on internal dynamics, linkages and feedbacks

Considering consistency and scaling issues

Building consistent integrated scenarios of global change and regional development

Data handling and GIS

2.1 - Disciplines
2.2 - Study Area