Mediterranean areas of both southern Europe and North Africa are subject to dramatic
changes that will affect the sustainability, quantity, quality, and management of water …

The effect of increased populations concentrated in urban areas, coupled with the ongoing
threat of climate change, means that society is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the …

Among the major factors controlling soil erosion, as vegetation cover or soil erodibility,
rainfall erosivity has a paramount importance since it is difficult to predict and control by …

Partial duration series modelling is a robust tool with which to model hydrologic extremes,
but because of several technical problems it remains underused. The most important …

The temporal evolution of nine daily precipitation indices over the northeastern Iberian
Peninsula was analysed for the period 1955–2006, using data from 217 observatories …

This paper analyses the evolution of high flows in the central Spanish Pyrenees during the
period 1955–1995. The method applied makes it possible to assess whether the …

Rainfall erosivity is a major causal factor of soil erosion, and it is included in many prediction
models. Maps of rainfall erosivity indices are required for assessing soil erosion at the …

The occurrence of rainfalls of high magnitude constitutes a primary natural hazard in many
parts of the world, and the elaboration of maps showing the hazard of extreme rainfalls has …

Abstract Study region The Segre basin (northeastern Spain). Study focus The Segre basin is
extensively regulated, through a dense network of dams, during the second half of the 20th …

The Mediterranean mountains have been subject to significant land abandonment process
during the second half of the 20th century. The subsequent natural revegetation following …