Impact of climate and land use changes on water and food security in jordan: Implications for transcending “the tragedy of the commons”

JT Al-Bakri, M Salahat, A Suleiman, M Suifan… - Sustainability, 2013 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the impact of climate change and land use change on water
resources and food security in Jordan. The country is dominated by arid climate with limited …

Addressing drought conditions under current and future climates in the Jordan River region

T Törnros, L Menzel - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2014 - hess.copernicus.org
The Standardized Precipitation–Evaporation Index (SPEI) was applied in order to address
the drought conditions under current and future climates in the Jordan River region located …

Bibliometric analysis of soil and landscape stability, sensitivity and resistivity

M Bettoni, M Maerker, A Bosino, C Schillaci, S Vogel - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
In times of global change, it is of fundamental importance to understand the sensitivity,
stability and resistivity of a landscape or ecosystem to human disturbance. Landscapes and …

Biological soil crusts cause subcritical water repellency in a sand dune ecosystem located along a rainfall gradient in the NW Negev desert, Israel

H Keck, VJMNL Felde, SL Drahorad… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2016 - sciendo.com
The biological soil crusts (BSCs) in the NW Negev cause local water redistribution by
increasing surface runoff. The effects of pore clogging and swelling of organic and inorganic …

Geospatial techniques for improved water management in Jordan

JT Al-Bakri, S Shawash, A Ghanim, R Abdelkhaleq - Water, 2016 - mdpi.com
This research shows a case from Jordan where geospatial techniques were utilized for
irrigation water auditing. The work was based on assessing records of groundwater …

[HTML][HTML] Model signatures and aridity indices enhance the accuracy of water balance estimations in a data-scarce Eastern Mediterranean catchment

A Gunkel, S Shadeed, A Hartmann, T Wagener… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Wadi Faria catchment, Palestine. Study focus The upper part of the
Faria catchment (139 km 2) is a typical semi-arid karst catchment in the Eastern …

The use of treated wastewater for irrigation as a component of integrated water resources management: reducing environmental implications on soil and groundwater …

K Schacht, Y Chen, J Tarchitzky… - Integrated water resources …, 2016 - Springer
The use of non-conventional water resources like treated wastewater (TWW) is a
contribution to alleviate the pressure on available natural water resources in water scarce …

Remote sensing-based agricultural water accounting for the North Jordan Valley

JT Al-Bakri, G D'Urso, C Batchelor, M Abukhalaf… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing can provide important and updated information for agricultural water
accounting (AWA). In this study, data from the open-access portal (WaPOR) of the Food and …

Impact of treated wastewater irrigation on water repellency of Mediterranean soils

K Schacht, Y Chen, J Tarchitzky, L Lichner… - Irrigation science, 2014 - Springer
Irrigation with treated wastewater (TWW) is gaining importance due to declining water
availability in dry regions. TWW irrigation has various potential adverse effects on soil quality …

Impacts of climate change on water resources, agricultural production and food security: Evidence from Turkiye

M Islam - Journal of Economy Culture and Society, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
Since agricultural production depends mainly on nature and uses surface and groundwater
reservoirs, changes in existing water resources significantly affect this sector. Again …