Die zentrale Idee des Projektes ist es, innovative und nachhaltige Ansätze und Technologien im Bereich Verkehrsmanagement für die Metropol-Region Kairo zu entwickeln und exemplarisch umzusetzen. Kern der technologischen Entwicklung bildet ein auf Floating Car Data (FCD) basiertes Verkehrsinformationsportal, das neben der Verkehrslage und Prognose auch Hotspot Analysen basierend auf der DLR-Traffic-Performance-Index (TPI) Technologie bietet. Die Entwicklung und Umsetzung der modernen Verkehrsmanagementkonzepte wird möglichst eng an den lokalen, kulturellen und technologischen Gegebenheiten ausgerichtet. Die lokalen Rahmenbedingungen werden analysiert und neben den technologischen Lösungen wird auch Capacity Building (insb. für Nachwuchswissenschaftler) ermöglicht. ENFUMA bildet die Grundlage für die Ausbreitung auf ganz Kairo und andere afrikanische Städte.
Objective: We will determine the air pollution distribution and change in and around hotspots over the last decade from extensive satellite and in-situ observations and we will employ a series of different scale models in order to analyze the impacts of air pollution hot spots on regional and global air quality including potential future changes for various climate scenarios. Focus is on ozone and particulate matter with chemical and physical characterization, and their precursors. The Eastern Mediterranean (Istanbul, Athens, Cairo), the Po Valley, the BeNeLux region, the Pearl River Delta in China (with megacities Guangzhou and Hong Kong) and the hot and polluted European summer 2003 are chosen for intensive case studies. The consortium includes groups from China, Turkey, Greece and Italy, in addition to France, Germany, UK and Norway, with experts on the observations, emission data and models. A set of chemical transport models which connect all the most important spatial and temporal scales will be developed and used to quantify how the observed air pollution arises. The models and emission inventories will be evaluated, errors identified and improved on the urban, regional and global spatial scales. Climate change may cause changes in air pollution in and around hotspots, and hotspot pollution can change precipitation and temperature/albedo. These feedbacks will be studied in scale-bridging model systems based on global climate model scenarios, and in a coupled high resolution chemistry-climate model. The model systems evaluated in the project will be applied to analyse mitigation options in and around hotpots, also taking into account climate change. Best available technologies and sectoral changes will be studied. Several partners have key roles in the technical underpinning of policy. They will ensure that the improved emission inventories, scale-bridging model systems and the systematic observational evidence will have a significant, broad and lasting impact.
Motivation: MicrosoftInternetExplorer402DocumentNotSpecified7.8Normal0Ras Sedr is one of the closest cities of South Sinai to the capital Cairo (180 km) and through its location, climate and land topography provides a suitable environment for the development of various activities such as tourism and agriculture. The groundwater in the Quaternary aquifer (which is the most prospective aquifer in Ras Sedr area) as well as the Nubian Sandstone aquifer serve as potential sources of water to supply the water needs for the expected development. The importance of Ras Sedr further arises from the remarkable location on the eastern side of Gulf of Suez which is part of the mega development project Suez Canal Corridor (SCC) which aims to develop the area surrounding the Suez Canal vital waterway. Integrated sustainable management of the water resources becomes an obligation as well as a practical solution to confront the water scarcity problem in the region and help realize the development plans. Research Aim and Methodology: MicrosoftInternetExplorer402DocumentNotSpecified7.8Normal0The main research aim is to improve understanding the groundwater flow and salinity transport processes in Ras Sedr City, to manage the groundwater resources sustainably and to plan the establishment of ecosystem services related to sustainable management of groundwater. The main research aim will be attained through developing an integrated three dimensional groundwater flow and salinity transport model of Ras Sedr City to manage the groundwater resources and ecosystem services sustainably. The 3D numerical model will be developed after reviewing previous studies, collecting respective data and constructing geo-referenced database and thematic maps of the study area. Using spatial analysis techniques as well the model results, various scenarios of the groundwater management and ecosystem services plans are proposed and assessed.
Die Industrie der Textilveredlung befindet sich schon ueberwiegend in den noch nicht industrialisierten Laendern, und der Trend wird sich fortsetzen. Die Abwaesser werden z. Z. noch meist direkt in die oft schwachen Vorfluter geleitet, da es in der Regel keine kommunalen Klaeranlagen gibt. Diese Situation ist auch in Kairo anzutreffen. Daher soll in Zusammenarbeit mit aegyptischen Wissenschaftlern und den Mitarbeitern eines Kairoer Unternehmens der Textilveredlung ein neues biologisches Verfahren erprobt werden. Nach einem anaeroben Rotationsscheibenreaktor wird ein anaerober geschaltet. Neben der Entfaerbung eines Abwasserteilstroms soll ein moeglichst weitgehender CSB-Abbau erreicht werden. Es ist zu ueberpruefen, welche Probleme bei der schwankenden Konzentration und Zusammensetzung eines realen Abwassers der Textilveredlung auftreten und wie sie geloest werden koennen.