Shaping global change adaptation strategy in water resource systems requires an interdisciplinary approachto deal with the multiple dimensions of the problem. The modelling framework presented integrates climate, economic, agronomic and hydrological scenarios to design a programme of adaptation measures at the river basin scale. Future demand scenarios, combined with a down-scaled climate scena...

Working time accounts are essentially bookkeeping tools that allow firms to smooth their demand for hours employed. Descriptive literature suggests working can reduce layoffs and inhibit increases in unemployment during recessions. In a model of optimal labor demand, I show do not necessarily guarantee fewer at the firm level. Layoffs fall or rise depending on whether meets an economic downturn...

water is the most limiting factor in irrigated agriculture, mainly in mediterranean environments, as in the case of southwest spain. in this area, almond is one of the most valuable crops due to its high drought tolerance. this work examines the crop coefficients (kc) based on four drainage lysimeters installed in an experimental young almond orchard. complementary, two deficit-irrigation treat...

The challenge of meeting growing food and energy demand while also mitigating climate change drives the development adoption renewable technologies ad approaches. Agrivoltaic systems are an approach that allows for both agricultural electrical production on same land area. These have potential to reduced water increase overall productivity certain crops. We observed microclimate growth characte...

the aim of this study was to represent effective componentsin demand chain which help organizations attain high performance levelsthrough identification of these components and determining theirdegree of importance. the following questions were major ideas of thisstudy: what are the most effective components in demand chain? andhow are they effective on organizational performance? to this end,m...

Drought is one of the most complex and poorly understood catastrophes on planet. Between Greek mainland Turkey, there an area Greece known as South Aegean Islands, that experiences water supply issues. As a result, are issues related to socioeconomic growth some these islands, need for transportation by vessels. Water ships Cyclades Dodecanese areas from or other adjacent islands satisfy urgent...

This work describes a methodology and a software tool-kit (SimEnerg) for the design of autonomous electricity systems. A criterion for comparing autonomous against grid connected systems is given, based on the annual energy deficit of the system with a given confidence. As an example, a map for choose the best technology with given power demand and the geographical position in Uruguay is shown....

Assuming preferences to be generated by an aggregate utility function, an aggregate demand function for imports and exports is defined as a function of import and export prices and the deficit in the balance of payments on current account, in a model with nontradable as well as traded goods. It is shown that this function is integrable, hence can be generated by maximizing a utility function (w...