Anual Report 2010, see here!
Fluvial
systems are considered as the economic engine in tropical regions;
they have a central role in electricity production, and sustain
the bulk of agricultural production and other high-value economical
activities based on natural resources extraction (mining, fishing,
timber). At the same time they can also be drivers of natural
disasters such as floods, bank erosion and rapid channel migration.
The overall scope of this project is to provide an integrated
assessment of long-term direct impacts of climate variability
and human-induced change and management of tropical rivers basins
by identification, quantification and modeling of key hydro-geomorphologic
indicators during the past and present times. The potential impacts
of global change on fluvial systems and of their socio-economic
implications will also be analyzed.
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