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Desertification: Environmental Degradation in and around Arid Lands de Michael H. Glantz

Desertification: Environmental Degradation in and around Arid Lands

Autor Michael H. Glantz
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 iun 2019
The United Nations Water Conference (in Argentina in March 1977) and the United Nations Conference to Combat Desertification (in Kenya in August 1977) reflect the worldwide attention that recent global food shortages and growing populations have drawn to the destruction of arable and potentially arable land. This collection of articles focuses on a primary form of such destruction: desertification—the creation of desert-like conditions in arid or semiarid regions either by changes in climate patterns or by human mismanagement, or both. The contributors—representing a range of disciplines—examine and evaluate the social, political, economic, environmental, and technical problems related to the causes and effects of desertification.
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ISBN-13: 9780367021030
ISBN-10: 036702103X
Pagini: 366
Dimensiuni: 146 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press

Cuprins

Foreword -- Preface -- The U.N. and Desertification: Dealing with a Global Problem -- The nature and causes of Desertization -- The Other Energy Crisis -- Ecological Deterioration: Local-Level Rule-Making and Enforcement Problems in Niger -- Rainfal Statistics, Droughts, and Desertification in the Sahel -- Ocean Deserts and Ocean Oases -- Climate, Desertification, and Human Activities -- Desertification and Population: Sub-Saharan Africa -- Principal Problems of Desert Land Reclamation in the U.S.S.R. -- Interim Report of the South African Drought Investigation Commission, April, 1922 -- Pastoral Development in Somalia: Herding Cooperatives as a Strategy Against Desertification and Famine -- Climate and Weather Modification in and around Arid Lands in Africa

Notă biografică

Michael H. Glantz, scientist in the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, has an extensive background in engineering, political science, and international relations. His most recent publication is The Politics of Natural Disaster: The Case of the Sahelian Drought. Dr. Glantz holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at the Universities of Pennsylvania and Colorado and at Swarthmore and Lafayette Colleges. He is a member of Colorado Gover[1]nor Lamm's Drought Council.

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The United Nations Water Conference (in Argentina in March 1977) and the United Nations Conference to Combat Desertification (in Kenya in August 1977) reflect the worldwide attention that recent global food shortages and growing populations have drawn to the destruction of arable and potentially arable land. This collection of articles focuses on a primary form of such destruction: desertification—the creation of desert-like conditions in arid or semiarid regions either by changes in climate patterns or by human mismanagement, or both. The contributors—representing a range of disciplines—examine and evaluate the social, political, economic, environmental, and technical problems related to the causes and effects of desertification.