This edited volume is devoted to the examination of the
implications of the inevitable changes wrought by global change on
the welfare and livelihoods of tens of millions of people who live
in dryland regions. Global change is more than just climate change
and the ramifications of changing trade patterns (geopolitical and
economic aspects), the shift to the market economy, demographic
factors (population growth, urbanization and re-settlement),
receive attention here. Land use change specialists, policy makers
and natural resource management agencies will find the book very
useful. Chapters focus on examples that are drawn from a number of
sources including previously unpublished studies on the impact of
climate change, markets and economics on pastoralist and dryland
farming households. The key focus is to provide readers with
insights into the real world implications of change (including an
analysis of the drivers of change) on these vulnerable groups
within dryland societies. The role of humans as agents of these
changes is canvassed. A regional analysis of the world's drylands
is also performed including those in Australia, Argentina, India,
North America, China, North Africa, Central Asia and Southern
Africa.
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