Mediterranean Land-surface Processes Assessed from Space

1 Space View and Ground Observations 1 1. 2 Mediterranean Climatic Environment 2 1. 1 Deforestation and Land-use Changes 10 1. 2 Water Related Problems 16 1. 1 Research Programmes 30 1. 2 Expected Information 32 1. 4 Observation of Changes in Heterogeneous Landscapes: Spatial and Temporal Scales 35 1. 1 Introduction 51 2.