Project Profile: JWP
Integrated Analysis of Freshwater Resources Sustainability in Jordan
Who?
| Principal Investigators: | Steven Gorelick, Stanford University, United States |
| Partners: | Erik Gawel, University of Leipzig, Germany Bernd Klauer, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Netherlands Julien Harou, United Kingdom - Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands Daanish Mustafa, King's College, United Kingdom Amer Salman, University of Jordan, Jordan Emad Al-Karablieh, University of Jordan, Jordan Amaury Tilmant, Université Laval, Canada |
| Sponsors: | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada German Research Foundation, Germany National Environment Research Council, United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom National Science Foundation, United States |
What?
| Full Project Title: | Integrated Analysis of Freshwater Resources Sustainability in Jordan |
| Full Call Title: | Freshwater2012 |
| Website: | https://pangea.stanford.edu/researchgroups/jordan/ |
Why?
| Project Objective: | This proposed effort will focus on development of an integrated framework to evaluate water policy interventions in water-stressed countries using Jordan as a model system. |
| Call Objective: | This call was created to address the following: - Identification and characterization of the interactions between natural processes and human practices that govern water budgeting in selected regions; - Development of approaches that support the evolution of resilient communities/regions through improved seasonal forecasting of droughts, taking into account natural and socio-economic drivers. |
Where?
| Regions: | Asia |
| Countries: | Jordan |
When?
| Duration: | 36 Months |
| Call Date: | 2012 |
| Project Award Date: | 2012 |
