Desertification in Developed Countries - International Symposium and Workshop on Desertification in Developed Countries: Why can't We Control It? (Hardcover, Reprinted from ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 37:1-4, 1996)

Desertification has re-emerged as a topic of global significance as a consequence of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. When first addressed over a generation ago, attention was drawn to the compelling, spectacular images of sand dunes engulfing farmlands and parched cattle dying around wells. Research tended to focus on these events as unusual phenomena that involved the unfortunate collision of climate and irrational' land use. Since then, the work of many researchers has shown us that desertification is a multifaceted problem that involves climatic, biogeochemical, political, and socio-economic processes that operate more or less continuously but at rates that vary in time and space. No attempts to arrest or reverse desertification that ignore this complexity are likely to succeed. In a single volume, Desertification in Developed Countries' describes the multiple dimensions of desertification as well as the novel approaches that have been used to address it within the economies of developed countries. This is done from the perspectives and experiences of the numerous authors who have contributed to this book.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	1996
First published:	1995
Editors:	David A. Mouat • Charles F. Hutchinson
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	364
Edition:	Reprinted from ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 37:1-4, 1996
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-3919-9
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Promotions
LSN:	0-7923-3919-3
Barcode:	9780792339199

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