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Climate change and Urban Vulnerability in Africa. Assessing vulnerability of urban systems , population and goods in relation to natural and man-made disasters in Africa. “Training on the job” Course on Hazards, Risk and (Bayesian) multi-risk assessement
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Climate change and Urban Vulnerability in Africa Assessingvulnerability of urbansystems, population and goods in relation to natural and man-made disasters in Africa “Training on the job” Course on Hazards, Risk and (Bayesian) multi-risk assessement Napoli, 24.10.2011 – 11.11.2011 Module 3.5: Desertification, Case Studies Iavazzo, Topa, Terracciano 04/11/2011
MEDALUS METHODOLOGY Fire Risk Erosion Protection Drought Resistance Plant Cover VQI Vegetation Quality Index Mean Annual Rainfall Aspect Aridity Index CQI Climate Quality Index ESAI Soil Texture Rock Fragment Slope Gradient Soil Depth Parent Material Drainage SQI Soil Quality Index MQI Management Quality Index Land Use Type Land Use Intensity Policy (Kosmas et al., 1999)
CASE STUDY: TUSCIANO RIVER TuscianoBasin
VQI VEGETATION QUALITY INDEX FIRE RISK
VQI VEGETATION QUALITY INDEX EROSION PROTECTION
VQI VEGETATION QUALITY INDEX PLANT COVER
VQI VEGETATION QUALITY INDEX DROUGHT RESISTANCE
VQI VEGETATION QUALITY INDEX
ACERNO GIFFONI VALLE PIANA CAMPAGNA PONTECAGNANO PONTECAGNANO A.M. EBOLI BATTIPAGLIA CQI Climate QUALITY INDEX Rainfall station considered
CQI Climate QUALITY INDEX RAINFALL
CQI Climate QUALITY INDEX ASPECT
CQI Climate QUALITY INDEX Bagnouls – GaussenIndex BGI Timonthly temperature in °C; Pimonthlyrainfall; K % (2Ti-Pi>0)
CQI Climate QUALITY INDEX
SQI SOIL QUALITY INDEX PARENT MATERIAL
SQI SOIL QUALITY INDEX SOIL DEPTH
SQI SOIL QUALITY INDEX TEXTURE
SQI SOIL QUALITY INDEX DRAINAGE
SQI SOIL QUALITY INDEX ROCK FRAGMENTS
SQI SOIL QUALITY INDEX SLOPE
SQI SOIL QUALITY INDEX
MQI MANAGEMENT QUALITY INDEX Cropland Areas NaturalAreas Pasture Areas
MQI MANAGEMENT QUALITY INDEX