... with the use of various statistical descriptors of the model and its application in estimating the duration of the cycles of dry and wet periods and the number of rainy days in the period. Markov chain Probability Climatology Daily precipitation Daily rainfall occurrence Santa catarina Rainfall...

...., 2012). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 European Union Cement and concrete technology Climatology Regulation Government policy Climate strategies Cement industry Carbon management Corporate strategy Carbon regulation Competitive dynamics One of the industries...

... Publishing Limited 2011 Culture Peru Mountains Ecology Climatology Knowledge management […] To always consider Peru a source of infinite creation […] (José María Arguedas). This essay is a synthesis of thoughts and joint research studies conducted by the authors regarding...

... paper presents a discussion of the dependence of the SHS user models on the institutional framework in developing countries. Information transfer Solar power Climatology Developing countries Zambia Kenya © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Costs differ among different user...

...., 1998). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Climatology Global warming Coastal regions Australia Australians have long held a close cultural association with beaches, which is reflected in both our patterns of development and our most popular holiday destinations...

... Limited 2009 Coastal regions Climatology Global warming Sea water Storms Coastal urban environments will need to adapt to climatic changes during the next century and beyond. Climate change impacts, including sea‐level rise (SLR) and changes to tropical storm frequency...

... countries as an alternative to more expensive emission reductions in their own countries (IPCC, 2001). Walter Leal Filho can be contacted at: walter.leal@haw‐hamburg.de © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Climatology Baltic States Seas International cooperation Safety measures...

... response to it when trying to analyse changes of vegetation cover in drylands with high inter‐annual rainfall variability. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Deserts Environmental management Climatology Central Asia Landforms Desertification refers to land degradation at arid...

... is lesser the later the RCC occurs. For the same rate of RCC, in the course of years, number of population continues to decrease up to the year 2050, and thereafter begins to increase. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Climatology Modelling Economic processes Renewable energy Energy...

.... This study suggests that a different type of impacts, those associated with subtle, yet persistent changes of seasonality in the terrestrial water cycle, cannot be ignored in studies of long‐term sustainability of water resources. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Climatology Rainfall...

... management Climatology Stakeholder analysis Decision making The strong increase of costs and damages caused by natural hazards in the last decade (e.g. Munich Reinsurance Company, 2004) has not been paralleled with a breakthrough in terms of response. As seen at the International Disaster...

... islands (Italy). Geographic information systems Climatology Deserts Lebanon The chi‐square analysis was performed on a 4 × 4 contingency table and on a 2 × 2 contingency table obtained by merging the first two quartiles and the second two quartiles. Figure 6 shows the steps taken...