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The European Framework Directive on waters (WFD) fundamentally altered our perceptions on waters, their management and their vulnerabilities. This project which mobilizes historians, geographers, political scientists, lawyers, sociologists, geochemists, hydrologists and engineers, aims to revisit th

Our objective is to understand palaeohydrological changes in the region of Alexandria in terms of natural and anthropogenic forcing agents. We would like to answer the following questions: (1) How were the freshwater resources exploited in the desert and deltaic areas of Alexandria’s hinterland? (2)

The aim of the project is to improve our ability to assess the role of recent climate changes (i.e. changes observed during the last decades, including the Sahel drought) on wind erosion of soils (especially in connection with vegetation cover) and also to estimate the influence of agricultural and

This innovative transdisciplinary approach (associating indigenous knowledge holders, climatologists, geographers, ecologists and anthropologists) is based on the complementary nature of indigenous and scientific knowledge. The project combines micro and macro-scale approaches through its engagement

The SAMCO project aims to develop a proactive resilience framework enhancing the overall resilience of societies on the impacts of mountain risks. The project aims to elaborate methodological tools to characterize and measure ecosystem and societal resilience from an operative perspective on three m

The project focuses on the interactions between vectors of human pathogens (mosquitoes) and the impact of environmental changes due to anthropogenic pressure (the presence of pesticides pollution). Thus we will: (1) Investigate the nature and intensity of the present selection pressure on An gambia

MobiClimEx aims at observing the dynamics of both flash flood phenomena and social responses at different spatial and temporal scales. First, we will observe how the physical event interferes with the individuals' daily activities and how it contributes to change their activity schedule, their mobil

The Mediterranean basin has quite a unique character that results both from physiographic and climatic conditions and historical and societal developments. Because of the latitudes it covers, the Mediterranean basin is a transition area under the influence of both mid-latitudes and tropical variabil

Transitions to “low-carbon” development paths (i.e., to development paths with limited greenhouse gases emissions) are unlikely to be achievable solely via technological solutions: behavior, notably consumption patterns, will also have to evolve. However, an assumption implicit in most GHG emission