The ARID Cluster project aimed at consolidating the work of three currently funded EU projects, with a view at ensuring that through collaboration, information sharing and dissemination, a consistent set of recommendations and user friendly tools and methodologies for water management in arid and semi arid areas are developed. The project focuses at bringing together each project's existing and acquired expertise to improve knowledge on water resources use and management in areas prone to water shortages and drought.
The three projects that form the Cluster are:
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WaterStrategyMan (Developing Strategies for Regulating and Managing Water Resources and Demand in Water Deficient Regions)
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Medis (Towards Sustainable Water Use on Mediterranean Islands: Addressing Conflicting Demands and Varying Hydrological, Social and Economic Conditions)
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Aquadapt (Strategic Tools to Support Adaptive, Integrated Water Resource Management under Changing Utilisation Conditions at Catchment Level: A Coevolutionary Approach)
The project is funded by the European Commission, DG Research through the 5th Framework Programme, and contributed to the implementation of the Key Action Sustainable Management and Quality of Water within the Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (EESD) Specific Programme (Contract no: EVK1-CT-2002-80018).
The ARID Cluster project spans a duration of three years (2003-2006).
Project Participants
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Dept. of Economics, University College London, UK (Project coordinator)
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School of Water Sciences, Cranfield University, UK
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Centre of Environmental Research, University of Muenster, DE
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National Technical University of Athens, GR