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Springer (part of Springer Nature), Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, 4(8), p. 331-345

DOI: 10.1007/s11869-014-0286-3

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Use of two indicators for the socio- environmental risk analysis of Northern Mexico under three climate change scenarios

Journal article published in 2014 by Armando López-Santos ORCID, Santos Martínez-Santiago
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The aims of this study were to (1) find critical areas susceptible to the degradation of natural resources according to local erosion rates and aridity levels, which were used as environmental quality indicators, and (2) identify areas of risk associated with the presence of natural hazards according to three climate change scenarios defined for Mexico. The focus was the municipality of Lerdo, Durango (25.166° to 25.783° N and 103.333° to 103.983° W), which has dry temperate and very dry climates (BSohw and BWhw). From the Global Circulation Models, downscaling techniques for the dynamic modeling of environmental processes using climate data, historical information, and three regionalized climate change scenarios were applied to determine the impacts from laminar wind erosion rates (LWER) and aridity indices (AI). From the historic period to scenario A2 (ScA2, 2010–2039), regarding greenhouse gas emissions, the LWER was predicted to reach 147.2 t ha−1 year−1, representing a 0.5 m thickness over nearly 30 years and a change in the AI from 9.3 to 8.7. This trend represents an increase in drought for 70.8 % of the study area and could affect 90 % of the agricultural activities and approximately 80 % of the population living in the southeastern Lerdense territory.