Projects
Remote sensing based assessment and modeling of land use/cover change as impact bij stream dynamics and climate schange in the Northern marginal grabens of the Ethiopian rift vally (PhD research by biadgilgn demissie Ghent University
Tis research concerns the quantification of stream cours dynamics, changes in land use/cover and changes in livelihood variables at multiple spatial and temporal scales in an endorheic basin in Ethiopia. It will also provide a framework to study the interaction among climate change, stream dynamics and land use/vocer schanges, to investigate the controlling factors and to design appopriate measures.
Mountain Stream Dynamics in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands as Impacted by Land Cover/Use Changes and Rainfall Variability Ghent University
This study will link land cover/use changes and rainfall variability to stream dynamics in the Kira-kahsu catchment in Northern Ethiopia. The catchment shows a dramatic increase in vegetation cover as a result of conversation activities. Since mountain streams are strongly reactive to changes in their environment, the changes in vegetation cover of the catchment have brought about changes in stream dynamics.