Volker MosbruggerChristian-D SchonwieseK Born and M Christoph and A H Fink and P Knippertz and H Paeth and P SpethPeter Suppan and Harald Kunstmann and Andreas Heckl and Alon RimmerAbdul-Rahman M ArkadanHeinz HotzlMutasem El-Fadel and Rania MarounIbrahim M OroudAmin ShabanArie S IssarO Schulz and H Busche and A BenbouzianeStephan Klose and Barbara Reichert and Abdeddaim LahmouriA Droubi and M Al-Sibai and A Abdallah and S Zahra and M Obeissi and J Wolfer and M Huber and V Hennings and K SchelkesHassane Jarar Oulidi and Lahcen Benaabidate and Ralf Lowner and Alan Ernest FryarN GaaloulM Messouli and G Messana and M Yacoubi-Khebiza and A El Alami El Filali and A Ait Boughrous and M BoulanouarMathias TollArmin Margane and Ariane Borgstedt and Ali SubahGerhard Schmidt and Ali Subah and Nidal KhalifMark SaadehMoshe GophenBenedikt ToussaintMeni Ben-HurElias Salameh and Hazim El-NaserTorsten Lange and Konrad Hammerschmidt and Hans Friedrichsen and Amer Marei and Stephan M WeiseDiana Hummel

1 Global Climate Changes - Sources and Impacts on the Water Cycle	p. 1
1.1 Climate Change and Water Cycle - Some Lessons from the Geological Past	p. 3
1.2 Climate Change and the Water Cycle - Some Information Concerning Precipitation Trends	p. 15
1.3 Moroccan Climate in the Present and Future: Combined View from Observational Data and Regional Climate Scenarios	p. 29
1.4 Impact of Climate Change on Water Availability in the Near East	p. 47
1.5 Climatic Changes in Lebanon, Predicting Uncertain Precipitation Events - Do Climatic Cycles Exist?	p. 59
2 Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources	p. 75
2.1 Water Resources Management in the Middle East under Aspects of Climatic Changes	p. 77
2.2 Virtual Water Trade as an Adaptation Demand Management of Climate Change Impact on Water Resources in the Middle East	p. 93
2.3 The Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in Jordan	p. 109
2.4 Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources of Lebanon: Indications of Hydrological Droughts	p. 125
2.5 The Impact of Global Warming on the Water Resources of the Middle East: Past, Present, and Future	p. 145
2.6 Decadal Precipitation Variances and Reservoir Inflow in the Semi-Arid Upper Draa basin (South-Eastern Morocco)	p. 165
2.7 Management Options for a Sustainable Groundwater Use in the Middle Draa Oases under the Pressure of Climatic Changes	p. 179
3 Water Resources and Water Management	p. 197
3.1 A Decision Support System (DSS) for Water Resources Management, - Design and Results from a Pilot Study in Syria	p. 199
3.2 Management Strategies of Water Resources in the Arid Zone of South-Eastern Morocco	p. 227
3.3 The Role of Groundwater During Drought in Tunisia	p. 239
3.4 The Evolution of Groundwater Exploration Methods in the Moroccan Oases through History, and Managing Ecological Risk of their Present Pollution	p. 267
3.5 Investigating Unconsolidated Aquifers in an Arid Environment - A Case Study from the Lower Jordan Valley/Jordan	p. 289
3.6 Water Resources Protection Efforts in Jordan and their Contribution to a Sustainable Water Resources Management	p. 325
3.7 Model Investigations on the Groundwater System in Jordan - A Contribution to the Resources Management (National Water Master Plan)	p. 347
3.8 Seawater Intrusion in Greater Beirut, Lebanon	p. 361
3.9 Long Term (1970 - 2001) Eco-Hydrological Processes in Lake Kinneret and its Watershed	p. 373
3.10 Transfer of the Concepts of the European Water Framework Directive to Arid and Semiarid Regions	p. 403
3.11 Seal Formation Effects on Soil Infiltration and Runoff in Arid and Semiarid Regions under Rainfall and Sprinkler Irrigation Conditions	p. 429
3.12 Restoring the Shrinking Dead Sea - The Environmental Imperative	p. 453
3.13 Groundwater in the Shallow Aquifer of the Jericho Area, Jordan Valley - Noble Gas Evidence for Different Sources of Salinization	p. 469
3.14 The Interaction of Population Dynamics and Transformations in Water Supply Systems in the Jordan River Basin	p. 497
Author Index	p. 519
Subject Index	p. 537