Desertification, land degradation, and sustainability: paradigms, processes, principles and policies

By:

Imeson, Anton

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Hoboken, NJ Wiley-Blackwell 2012Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii,326p. illISBN:

9780470714485

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

MED GB611 .I44

Contents:

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

Summary: 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

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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

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