The challenge of adopting mitigation and adaptation measures for the impacts of sand and dust storms in Eastern Mediterranean Region: a critical review
The challenge of adopting mitigation and adaptation measures for the impacts of sand and dust storms in Eastern Mediterranean Region: a critical review
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10.1007/s11027-023-10070-9
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2023-06
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通讯作者：
A. Eleftheriou;P. Mouzourides;G. Biskos;P. Yiallouros;Prashant Kumar;M. Neophytou
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作者：
A. Eleftheriou;P. Mouzourides;G. Biskos;P. Yiallouros;Prashant Kumar;M. Neophytou
沙尘暴在其发生的源区和遥远的地方都是一种主要的干扰因素。这一重要的审查旨在解决的问题是否缓解和适应措施已经或可以实施，以及什么是最佳的实施规模，以消除在东地中海地区的SDS的影响？方法不同的措施也通过记录其成功、失败和未来挑战进行评估。我们的结论是，制定和实施适当的缓解或适应措施，SDS在地方一级是可行的，但在更大的规模，是一个新的挑战。这一挑战在EMR和影响它的SDS来源等地区更为复杂，因为它是来自三个主要SDS地区的气团的交叉点，这些地区表现出经济，政治和社会多样性。本次审查还旨在确定已用于类似环境问题的成功缓解战略，并提请注意该区域缺乏适应措施的问题。这份重要的综合报告将作为公共利益攸关方根据其有效性和实施领域考虑缓解或适应SDS措施的指南。
Sand and dust storms (SDS) are a major disruptor in both the source areas where they occur and at distant locations. This critical review aims to address the question of whether mitigation and adaptation measures have been or can be implemented and what is the optimal scale of their implementation to negate the impacts of SDS in Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR)? Measures which differ in approach are also assessed by recording their successes, failures, and future challenges. We conclude that developing and implementing appropriate mitigation or adaptation measures for SDS at the local level is feasible but, at a wider scale, is a new challenge. This challenge is even more complex in areas like the EMR and the SDS sources affecting it, as it is a crossroad of air masses originating from three major SDS areas, which exhibit economic, political, and social diversity. This review also aims to identify successful mitigation strategies that have been used for similar environmental issues and to draw attention to the lack of adaptation measures in the region. This critical synthesis will serve as a guide for public stakeholders considering measures to mitigate or adapt to SDS based on their effectiveness and the area of implementation.