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Title: Vulnerabilidad de la región mediterránea peninsular a la hidrofobia de suelos
Authors: Ceballos Barbancho, Antonio
Keywords: Hydrophobocity;environmental degradation;Mediterranean ecosystems;Iberian Peninsula;Hydrophobie;dégradation environnementale;écosystème méditerranéen;Péninsule lbérique;Hidrofobia;degradação ambiental;ecossistemas mediterrâneos;Península Ibérica
Issue Date: 2004
Publisher: Associação Portuguesa de Riscos, Prevenção e Segurança
Abstract: A repelência à água ou hidrofobia é um processo hidrológico muito favorecido pelas características mediterrâneas de grande parte da Península Ibérica: estacionalidade das precipitações, "deficit" hídrico estival, vegetação emissora de substâncias hidrófobas, incêndios florestais, etc. As conclusões do último relatório do IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change) sugerem um provável aumento da frequência e intensidade da hidrofobia que agravará a actual fragilidade dos ecossistemas mediterrâneos perante processos de degradação ambiental. Esta situação convida a desenvolver linhas de investigação com o objectivo de avaliar o alcance destes processos.
La répulsion à l'eau ou hydrophobie est un processus hydrologique très favorisé par les caractéristiques méditerranéennes d'une grande partie de la Péninsule Ibérique: saisonnalité des précipitations, déficit hydrique estival, végétation productrice de substances hydrophobes, incendies de forêt, etc. Les conclusions du dernier rapport de l'IPCC (lntergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change) suggère une probable augmentation de la fréquence et de l'intensité de l'hydrophobie qui aggravera l'actuelle fragilité des écosystemes méditerranéens face aux processus de dégradation environnementale. Cette situation amène à développer des lignes de recherche ayant pour objectif l'évaluation de la portée de ces processus.
Water repellence or hydrophobicity is a hydrological process that is favoured by the Mediterranean characteristics of a large part of Iberian Peninsula: intra-annual rainfall distribution, water deficit during the summer, vegetation that produces hydrophobic substances, forest fires, etc. The conclusions of the last report edited by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change) suggest a probable increase in the frequency and intensity of hydrophobicity that will further worsen the present fragility of Mediterranean ecosystems in relation to degradation processes. This circumstance suggests the appropriateness of developing research projects aimed at evaluating the consequences of these processes.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/40054
ISSN: 0872-8941
1647-7723 (digital)
DOI: 10.14195/1647-7723_11_4
Rights: open access
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