• Process and estimations of groundwater recharge in drylands

• Surface hydrology and extreme flood events

• Palaeoflood hydrology in arid and semiarid areas

• Riparian ecosystems and interaction with hydrological processes

• Environmental history links to hydrology/ecology

• Climate change impacts on dryland hydrology

• Water management of ephemeral rivers

• Integrated Water Resource Management in ephemeral rivers

The two day Workshop (27-28th November) will be organised into 3-4 sessions. Invited keynote speakers will present the results of the ongoing research of the WADE Project (EU contract no. GOCE-CT-2003-506680). Other contributions will be presented in oral or poster format.