Résumé
The Mediterranean region has been pointed out as a « hot spot » in terms of climate change, withsevere warming and precipitations decrease. Moreover, the intense population growth rate willprobably deepen its water resources structural deficit. In the future, the water scarcity level will dependon both the withdrawals and the climate evolution. The VULCAIN project proposes a method toanalyze and compare the climate and socio-economic change impacts on the water resources of thePyrénées Orientales department (figure 1). Future climate and drinking/agricultural water usescenarios have been built and their impact on the water resources of the study zone wascharacterized and compared, with a description of the associated uncertainties. The results allowedthe vulnerability characterization based on future water resources to water use budget. The mainissues of the vulnerability of the studied territory have been identified, which are currently integratedby the water managers to structure their adaptation strategies.