Daraa City is widely known as the birthplace of the Syrian uprising.The uprising,which was initially motivated by high-minded ideas and opposition to the arbitrary violence of an authoritarian state,rapidly degenerate...Daraa City is widely known as the birthplace of the Syrian uprising.The uprising,which was initially motivated by high-minded ideas and opposition to the arbitrary violence of an authoritarian state,rapidly degenerated into a civil war orientated by external agendas and priorities.In this paper,I want to situate Daraa governorate at the centre of this development,with the intention of highlighting how the course of events in this small part of Syria had vital implications for the development of the Syrian Civil War.In seeking to develop an analysis of the interplay of internal dynamics and external influences,i seek to‘reconcile’the‘micro’and‘macro’dimensions of civil war,and also draw on contributions to the peacebuilding literature,and this enables me to reconceptualise the relationship between‘internal’and‘external’drivers of conflict.展开更多
Despite the extreme events impact on various climate events frequency and intensity in many developing countries, there has been dearth information on daily climate trends and climatic extremes. This study comes to ch...Despite the extreme events impact on various climate events frequency and intensity in many developing countries, there has been dearth information on daily climate trends and climatic extremes. This study comes to characterize the climate type and its evolution in Morocco, specially the two regions Beni Mellal-Khenifra and Daraa-Tafilalt. RClimdex software has been used to calculate pluvio-thermal and ombro-thermic indices in the studied stations to reveal climate type in the two regions, their evolutions, and the daily extreme temperatures and precipitations. A cartographic representation has been done for the calculated indices and climatic trends in the stations from 1970 to 2016. As results, the temperature trend for hot day’s number shows a significant increase, while the cold night’s numbers, warm sequences, and precipitation are gradually decreases especially at Khouribga and Midelt. These observed modifications influence negatively the annual rainfall total in the year, the consecutive wet days, the maximums rainy days, and the increase of consecutively dry days. As a conclusion, the Martonne aridity and ombro-thermic indices, show that the temperatures and precipitations evolutions do not induce a change in the climate type for the studied regions.展开更多
文摘Daraa City is widely known as the birthplace of the Syrian uprising.The uprising,which was initially motivated by high-minded ideas and opposition to the arbitrary violence of an authoritarian state,rapidly degenerated into a civil war orientated by external agendas and priorities.In this paper,I want to situate Daraa governorate at the centre of this development,with the intention of highlighting how the course of events in this small part of Syria had vital implications for the development of the Syrian Civil War.In seeking to develop an analysis of the interplay of internal dynamics and external influences,i seek to‘reconcile’the‘micro’and‘macro’dimensions of civil war,and also draw on contributions to the peacebuilding literature,and this enables me to reconceptualise the relationship between‘internal’and‘external’drivers of conflict.
文摘Despite the extreme events impact on various climate events frequency and intensity in many developing countries, there has been dearth information on daily climate trends and climatic extremes. This study comes to characterize the climate type and its evolution in Morocco, specially the two regions Beni Mellal-Khenifra and Daraa-Tafilalt. RClimdex software has been used to calculate pluvio-thermal and ombro-thermic indices in the studied stations to reveal climate type in the two regions, their evolutions, and the daily extreme temperatures and precipitations. A cartographic representation has been done for the calculated indices and climatic trends in the stations from 1970 to 2016. As results, the temperature trend for hot day’s number shows a significant increase, while the cold night’s numbers, warm sequences, and precipitation are gradually decreases especially at Khouribga and Midelt. These observed modifications influence negatively the annual rainfall total in the year, the consecutive wet days, the maximums rainy days, and the increase of consecutively dry days. As a conclusion, the Martonne aridity and ombro-thermic indices, show that the temperatures and precipitations evolutions do not induce a change in the climate type for the studied regions.
