A combination of models (PESERA and DESMICE) were used by DESIRE to identify the likely environmental effects of proposed remediation strategies and what strategies should be implemented where to achieve cost-effective desertification mitigation.
The process is described in the articles below and the results are presented for each study site.
A more detailed study of the Guadalentín study site exemplifies how modelling tools can be employed to study the dynamics and consequences of land use change under drivers of desertification, here with particular reference to unsustainable water use. The modelling makes use of land use change analysis, agent-based modelling and input-output analysis.
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The DESIRE project was
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Contract no: 037046 GOCE
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