Impact of climate change on water resources in MENA countries: an assessment of temporal changes of land cover/land use and water resources using multi-temporal MODIS and Landsat data and GIS techniques
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Paper/Presentation Title | Impact of climate change on water resources in MENA countries: an assessment of temporal changes of land cover/land use and water resources using multi-temporal MODIS and Landsat data and GIS techniques |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Pathirana, Sumith (Author), Perera, Kithsiri (Author) and Hobeichi, Sanaa (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the International Symposium on Remote Sensing (ISRS 2015) |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | 2015 |
Conference/Event | International Symposium on Remote Sensing (ISRS 2015) |
Event Details | International Symposium on Remote Sensing (ISRS 2015) Event Date 22 to end of 24 Apr 2015 Event Location Tainan, Taiwan |
Abstract | Water resources are crucial to food security and rural livelihood. Global climatic variation, particularly global warming and changes of precipitation patterns greatly affect the agricultural production and food security. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) includes countries with poor economies and resources (e.g. Morocco, Yemen) as well as oil-rich economies of Gulf countries (e.g. Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia). Water resources are being increasingly scarce in the MENA countries and have great impact on the standard of living particularly in countries with poor economies. In addition to water scarcity, poor water management has also been contributing to the water issues. For example, the countries with the highest per capita water consumption (e.g. UAE) in the world are also found in the MENA countries while in some countries (Jordan, Syria) agriculture consumes more than 85% of water. The purpose of this paper is to map and monitor water resources and land cover/use to identify vulnerable areas in the MENA region using two countries (Morocco and Yemen) for a comparative assessment. Both Morocco (North African country) and Yemen (Middle-East country) are poor countries and characterize water scarcity, poor water management, desertification and growing food security issues. The objectives are to: The methods include developing a data base including satellite imagery and GIS data (e.g. elevation, climate, socio-economic data), use image processing techniques to extract land cover, land use and catchment information, and use GIS techniques to analyse data and modelling vulnerability. The outcome of the paper are useful in understanding the current status of water resources, production of an inventory of resources, understanding the potential areas of water resources as well as identifying vulnerable areas in selected countries. |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 379999. Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified |
Byline Affiliations | Qatar University, Qatar |
School of Civil Engineering and Surveying | |
Qatar Science and Technology Park | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2z40/impact-of-climate-change-on-water-resources-in-mena-countries-an-assessment-of-temporal-changes-of-land-cover-land-use-and-water-resources-using-multi-temporal-modis-and-landsat-data-and-gis
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