Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140104178

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140104178

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Hydrologic effects of human and climatic stresses in water-limited areas: role of coevolving runoff, vegetation and landforms for adaptive management. Semiarid rangelands cover over 70 per cent of the Australian continent. These areas already face serious degradation problems. Observed trends in rainfall variability indicate that high rainfall pulses and dry periods will intensify, with serious implications for hydrology and erosion. The impact of these trends in addition to increasing human pressures could have devastating socioeconomic consequences for these areas. This project, by examining in detail the hydrologic and soil transport processes in semiarid rangelands, will lead to: better understanding of the dryland response to anthropogenic and climatic stresses; and, improvement of strategies and methods for the management and restoration of these areas.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 22-04-2014

End Date: 30-06-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $420,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Surface Processes | Water Resources Engineering | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering Modelling

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Rehabilitation of Degraded Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Environments | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering Modelling | Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation not elsewhere classified | Rehabilitation of Degraded Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Environments | Surface Processes | Water Resources Engineering

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