000			01825nam a22002057a 4500
020			_a9780470714485
050			_aMED GB611 _b.I44
100			_aImeson, Anton.
245			_aDesertification, land degradation, and sustainability: paradigms, processes, principles and policies
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aHoboken, NJ _bWiley-Blackwell _c2012
300			_axvii,326p. _bill.
500			_a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a 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
520			_aDesertification 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
650			_aDesertification.
650			_a Desertification--Control.
650			_a Reclamation of land.
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