Due to climate change, water flow in the Körös rivers is steadily declining following the decrease of rainfall and the increase of water-usage in Romania. Estimations set the timeframe for adaptation to be between 10 and 20 years.
In the last few decades, a seemingly unstoppable process of aridification has started in Homokhátság, and the current context leaves no reserve for dryer periods.
If a government agency or a larger NGO is planning to implement a long-term, large-scale development project, they might be interested in developing in advance a resilience assessment to see possible futures and emergent challenges.
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