http://hdl.handle.net/10900/53308 2026-05-16T13:36:32Z http://hdl.handle.net/10900/57941 GLOWA JR Atlas: Results of the GLOWA Jordan River Project. Claus, Cornelia (Hrsg.); Braun, Andreas (Hrsg.); Schloz, Daniela (Hrsg.); Tielbörger, Katja (Hrsg.) Bitte die ZIP-Datei downloaden und auf Ihrem Computer entzippen und dann bei Windows-Betriebssystemen auf atlas.exe drücken. Bei Linux-Systemen machen Sie bitte die Datei start.sh ausführbar und rufen diese auf. In der Datei user_manual.pdf finden Sie Hinweise zur Nutzung des Atlas.; Please download the ZIP-file and extract it on your computer. On windows operation systems click on atlas.exe. On Linux operation systems make the file start.sh executable and select it. The file user_manual.pdf is the instruction manual for using the atlas.; The GLOWA Jordan River (GLOWA JR) Atlas is an end-user geographical information system (GIS). It presents the spatial results of the GLOWA JR project and helps to visualize, organize, and analyze them. The geographical scope of the atlas is Israel, Jordan and Palestine. It includes maps about climate change and its impact on water and land resources, including ecosystems, as well as information about the impact of global change on ecosystem services, land use and agriculture. Moreover it includes maps about the potential of rainwater harvesting, managed aquifer recharge and irrigation with treated wastewater. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10900/50117 The Management of Water in the Jordan Basin in 2010 Twite, Robin; Koelsch, Verena This paper is intended to contribute to the thinking of those involved in the management of the water in the Jordan Basin. It describes the situation as it was in 2010 with regard to water management and raises the question, “What changes may be needed if the problems posed by increase in temperature and decrease in precipitation are to be dealt with effectively?” The paper is based in part upon interviews with prominent experts from Israel, Jordan and Palestine. It presents the water management of the three national entities describing the relevant legal and administrative frameworks under which water is managed and comments on the situation with regard to day-to-day management. At the time of the underlying research all three national entities were in the process of reviewing the legal and administrative frameworks under which water is managed in the Jordan Basin. However there is little evidence that, in any of the thinking of the respective parties, attention is being given to the Basin as a whole or how to improve the existing structures for regional cooperation. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10900/44163 The impacts of future climate change on wheat yields in the Jordan River basin (Briefing 3.5) Arazi, Adit The impact of future climate change on wheat yields in the Jordan River basin was evaluated. The effects of decreased rainfall (average of 32 mm) for the predicted period were found to be insignificant on wheat yield, whereas the decrease in the stress index (SI) and consequently, the decrease in wheat yields, were found to be significant. Evaporation reduction measures such as screening mesh or mulching on wheat yield is pronounced only during dry years. The effect of mulching on increased drainage water is considerable, but its use is restricted to a limited area size. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10900/44155 How can land-use be adapted to climate change? An economic analysis for Israel (Briefing 3.2) Kan, Iddo; Fleischer, Aliza; Rapaport-Rom, Mickey; Shechter, Mordechai We developed a regional scale economic model named VALUE (Vegetative Agricultural Land Use Economic) to effectively estimate the impacts of future changes on vegetative agriculture in Israel. The objective of VALUE is to simulate the behavior of farmers under climate change (precipitation), the availability of irrigation water, and different prices and limitation of water. The latter changes can be caused by climate change, but also by global processes such as trade conditions or technological advancements. The VALUE model was developed and calibrated for 21 “ecological regions” in Israel. In each region, the model incorporates 45 crops and calculates the optimal land allocation among them, as well as the allocation of freshwater, treated waste-water and brackish water. The allocations of the different water sources are determined to maximize farming profits given the simulated constraints on land properties and irrigation water. For Israel, we found that longterm economic losses stem from yield potential reductions driven by forecasted increases in temperature. Our overall findings indicate that adaptation to climate change should be done by using more heat-tolerant crop varieties and adaptive technologies. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z