CONTEXT The Mediterranean basin and specifically Northeast Italy are recognised as
climate change hotspots. The latter is a key socio-economic area in Europe among the most …

One of the possible consequences of projected global warming is the progressive
enlargement of drylands. This study investigates to what extent population and land-use …

Aridity is a complex environmental hazard, posing potential risks to more than 38% of the
world's population in terms of poverty, reduction in crop and livestock production, water …

The widespread changes in extreme temperatures record are of significant importance for
climate risk management. Trends and variability of extreme temperature events in the agro …

The assessment of aridity conditions is a key factor for water management and the
implementation of mitigation and adaptation policies in agroforestry systems. Towards this …

Aridity is a permanent feature of climate based on long‐term climatic conditions over a
region. Climatic indices are reliable tools to explore climate type, and climatologists have …

Since the implementation of “Grain for Green” program in 1999, remarkable changes have
taken place in the vegetation of the Loess Plateau, China, especially in the forests. The …

Potential evapotranspiration (PET) is a key parameter for climate classification and aridity
assessment. The widely used UNEP (1992) classification system is based on the estimation …

Aridity is a climatic characteristic that has a significant impact on many aspects of life, mainly
in agriculture but also in other economic sectors, and temperature and precipitation are the …

The approach of defining landscape patterns based on climate indices is applied in a case
study area in North-Central Bulgaria. The results proved the strong interrelation between the …