<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "Rainwater Harvesting in Rural Jordan: A GIS and remote sensing-based analysis of ancient and modern adaptations to water scarcity in a changing environment"^^ . "This study investigates the topic of rainwater harvesting on the Karak Plateau located in rural Jor-dan. The term rainwater harvesting describes various methods and structures employed for the collection, storage and use of rainwater and resulting (on-site) surface runoff. Within the scope of traditional water management, over millennia, many of these techniques were developed, refined and applied in Jordan, as well as in other, especially semiarid, regions of the world. This tradition is rooted in the natural water shortage of the plateau and frequent absence of other reliable sources of fresh water. Today, population growth, climate change and local effects of globalization and global change are leading to growing water shortages in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) and many other parts of the world. In the search for sustainable solutions for this problem, traditional as well as new strategies of rainwater harvesting have recently been receiving increasing interest.\r\nThe present study contributes to an enhanced understanding of the applicability and the potential of some of the most widely-used, traditional rainwater harvesting methods, especially the use of cisterns. The mapped structures were examined taking into account the settlement history and the respective circumstances of the natural and human environment. Possible determining factors concerning site preferences and resulting patterns in the spatial distribution of rainwater harvesting sites have been detected. The diachronic comparative analysis revealed changes in human-environment-interactions, particularly with regard to the significance and management of local water resources under natural shortage. The collected data enabled the detailed estimation of the rainwater harvesting potential and the suggestion of possible ways to improve and expand current rainwater harvesting schemes and efforts. The integration and possible role of rainwater harvesting strategies were discussed with regard to modern, sustainable water management and supply. Additionally, the applicability of modern geoinformation techniques was evaluated. Remote sensing techniques and methods of image analysis, particularly with regard to the interpretation of satellite images of very high resolution, were examined especially. The combination of ground truth and other information from fieldwork and remote sensing-based data and techniques has proven most suitable and efficient. The mostly remote sensing-based mapping of rainwater harvesting structures and the establishment of a comprehensive database formed the basis for all subsequent analysis and possible further, sustainable planning steps. The semiautomatic analysis of the satellite imagery provided detailed information on land use/land cover and building rooftops and thus decisively contributed to the improvement of the (input) data basis.\r\nAll in all, the collected data enabled a significantly enhanced, quantitative estimation of the rainwater harvesting potential of the study area. Many of the gained findings and insights can be transferred onto other dry areas and regions with similar environmental or socio-economic conditions."^^ . "2020" . . . . . . . "Barbara Sophia"^^ . "Brilmayer Bakti"^^ . "Barbara Sophia Brilmayer Bakti"^^ . . . . . . "Rainwater Harvesting in Rural Jordan: A GIS and remote sensing-based analysis of ancient and modern adaptations to water scarcity in a changing environment (PDF)"^^ . . . "Dissertation_revised_BrilmayerBakti_pdfa.pdf"^^ . . . "Rainwater Harvesting in Rural Jordan: A GIS and remote sensing-based analysis of ancient and modern adaptations to water scarcity in a changing environment (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #27915 \n\nRainwater Harvesting in Rural Jordan: A GIS and remote sensing-based analysis of ancient and modern adaptations to water scarcity in a changing environment\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "000 Allgemeines, Wissenschaft, Informatik"@de . "000 Generalities, Science"@en . . . "004 Informatik"@de . "004 Data processing Computer science"@en . . . "500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik"@de . "500 Natural sciences and mathematics"@en . . . "550 Geowissenschaften"@de . "550 Earth sciences"@en . . . "900 Geschichte und Geografie"@de . "900 Geography and history"@en . . . "910 Geografie, Reisen"@de . "910 Geography and travel"@en . .