Part 1: Hydrological and climatological perspectives of the Middle East and North Africa 1. Hydrological regimes in the Middle East and North Africa: characteristics and challenges 2. Changes in the Climate Zones of the Middle East and North Africa under future climate change scenarios 3. Hydroclimatic extremes in the Middle East and North Africa: status and challenges 4. Water stress and insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa under different environmental and socioeconomic stressors 5. Monitoring and analysing hydroclimatic extremes using GIS and Remote Sensing techniques: case studies from the Sahara deserts Part II: Hydroclimatic extremes in the Middle East and North Africa: Past, present and future 6. Rainfall Characteristics in Egypt during the second half of the 20th century: patterns, variability and impacts 7. Changes in rainfall concentration over Syria from 1960 to 2015 8.
Long-term interannual to decadal variability of Libya extended-winter drought in Libya 9. Characterization of hydrological drought over Algeria in the past four decades 10. Attributing drought characteristics in Iraq to large-scale circulation patterns 11. Large boulders deposited on the north-western coast of Egypt as an Indicator of extreme sea waves 12. Threatened landscapes of Cyrenaica: adverse climate change impacts vs. anthropogenic processes Part III: Socioeconomic and political impacts of the intensification of hydroclimatic extremes in the Middle East and North Africa 13. The links between meteorological and hydrological droughts in the main hydrological regimes over the Middle East and North Africa and their possible impacts on food production 14. Impacts of present and future intensification of heat waves on energy demand in Southwestern Asia 15.
The potentials of the usage of renewable energy in the Middle East and North Africa under climate change conditions 16. Analysis of urban heat island using night-time MODIS LST data as a signal for regional climate change: A case study in the United Arab Emirates 17. Monitoring urbanization growth and its impacts on climatic changes over Greater Cairo (Egypt) using satellite images 18. Hydrological insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa in view of international disputes: the case of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam 19. Climate change and it impacts on selected archaeological sites in Egypt Part IV: Adaptation and resilience to climate extremes 20. Urban planning in the Middle East and North Africa in view of climate justice: selected case studies 21. Adaptation and resilience to sea level rise impacts in Oman 22. Improving climate services in the Middle East region in a changing climate 23.
Future projections of Hydroclimate extremes: lessons for adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa.