Hydroclimatic Extremes in the Middle East and North Africa

Assessment, Attribution and Socioeconomic Impacts

Ahmed Mohammed Hussain El Kenawy, El Sayed Mohamed Robaa, Mohammed Magdy Mustafa Torab, Mohamed Hereher, Ahmed Mohammed Hussain El Kenawy, El Sayed Mohamed Robaa, Mohammed Magdy Mustafa Torab, Mohamed Hereher

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9780128241301
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323859257
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Biological Sciences

Hydroclimatic Extremes in the Middle East and North Africa: Assessment, Attribution and Socioeconomic Impacts focuses on assessing the current situation of hydroclimatic extremes in the MENA region, with particular emphasis on dry and wet extreme events. The results of the rapidly changing atmospheric and oceanic situations of these extremes will be addressed, presenting examples for the environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural impacts of these events in the region and evaluating the current ability to monitor and adapt to such events, as well as exploring the potential use of advanced geospatial techniques in improving current understanding of these extreme events.The book utilizes a multidisciplinary approach with various state-of-the-art methods, approaches, and analytical techniques in environmental, meteorological, and hydrological sciences, providing case studies from the Middle East and North Africa. It will provide a solid basis for scientists to assess the validation of several research methods in the region and may be applicable to other regions as climate change continues to cause increasing aridity worldwide. The case studies presented will reflect the multifaceted character of hydrometeorological extremes in the region, with representative examples for the environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural impacts of climate change. Therefore, this book is a valuable source for climatologists, meteorologists, hydrologists, geographers, and water resources scientists. - Thoroughly details the effects of climate variability in the Middle East and North Africa, a hotspot region of climate change vulnerability - Examines changes in hydroclimatic extremes at different spatial scales, ranging from local assessments to investigations that cover the entire region - Provides a comprehensive assessment of hydrometeorological feedback to current and future climate change in the MENA region - Fills the current gap in the literature concerning the response of arid and semiarid regions to climate change, with particular emphasis on the MENA region

Table of contents

• Hydroclimatic Extremes in the Middle East and North Africa
• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright Page
• Epigraph
• Table of contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of contributors
• About the editors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Hydroclimatic extremes in arid and semi-arid regions: status, challenges, and future outlook
• Chapter 2 How warming in East Mediterranean may contribute to Sahara cyclogenesis
• Chapter 3 Links between climate and hydrological budget in arid environments: the case of Sinai Peninsula
• Chapter 4 Impacts of climate change on drought in Libya
• Chapter 5 Rainfall erosivity changes across the coastal region of Syria (1975–2010)
• Chapter 6 Impacts of climate change on drought in northern Algeria
• Chapter 7 Modeling and managing flash flood hazards in the state of Kuwait: a hydrogeomorphological study
• Chapter 8 Rainfall characteristics in Egypt from 1960 to 2017: patterns, variability, driving mechanisms, and impacts
• Chapter 9 Urban climate of the middle east and north Africa region: a comprehensive anatomization
• Chapter 10 Analysis of surface urban heat island using nighttime MODIS LST data as a signal for regional climate change: a case study in Dubai city, the United Arab Emirates
• Chapter 11 Recent study of urbanization growth effects on the local climatic changes over Greater Cairo Region (Egypt) using satellite images
• Chapter 12 Urban climate change in view of climate justice: case study Dokki Area, Giza, Egypt
• Chapter 13 Climate change and its impacts on selected archeological sites in Egypt
• Chapter 14 Impacts of surface heat islands on urban planning and sustainability in Egypt
• Chapter 15 A proposed model for sustainable cities against changing climate in Egypt
• Chapter 16 Extreme climate indices over Libya: current and future outlooks
• Chapter 17 The present and future variability of the temperature extreme indices of Sudan under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emission scenarios
• Chapter 18 The hydroclimate extreme indices in the northern coast of Egypt based on CMIP5 model projections
• Chapter 19 Natural hazards mapping of mega sea waves on the northwest coast of Egypt
• Chapter 20 Anomalous thermal conditions as precursors of significant earthquakes in Egypt; spatial gradients and temporal behavior
• Index