UID:
almafu_9959328012802883
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 326 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781119977759
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1119977754
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9781119977766
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1119977762
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9781119979784
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1119979781
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0470714492
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9780470714492
Content:
Desertification offers a comprehensive overview of the subject and clearly emphasizes the link between local and global desertification processes and how past and current policy has affected arid environments and their populations. This text adequately applies the research undertaken during the last 15 years on the topic. Desertification has become increasingly politicized and there is a need to present and explain the facts from a global perspective. This book tackles the issues surrounding desertification in a number of ways from differing scales (local to global), processes (physical to hum.
Note:
Front Matter -- Introduction: Scope and Approach -- The Nature of Desertification. Desertification, its Causes and why it Matters -- Responses to Desertification -- Desertification Indicators: From Concept to Practice -- Local Desertification Impact and Response. Key Processes Regulating Soil and Landscape Functions -- Human Impact on Degradation Processes -- Responses to Land Degradation from Perception to Action -- Global Desertification Impact and Response. Global Desertification Today -- Desertification, Ecosystem Services and Capital -- The Way Forward: Global Soil Conservation and Protection -- Appendix A: Soil Basics -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Imeson, Anton. Desertification, land degradation and sustainability. Oxford ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 ISBN 9780470714485
Language:
English
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URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119977759
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119977759
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