Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought Resilience

Name: Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought Resilience
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Erschienen am 25. Mai 2023

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Intro
Dedication
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 DLDD Challenges and Resilience
1.2 Global Drylands
1.3 Land Degradation and Desertification
1.4 Drought
1.5 Land Degradation: Vulnerability and Responses
1.6 Synopsis of the Chapters
1.7 Discussion and Conclusion
Chapter 2 Drought, Water Stress and Food Security Issues: A Review from a Global Perspective
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Global Drought Risk and Water Stress by Region
2.3 Food Security and SDG2
2.4 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Drought Governance
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Governance of Drought Risk for Land-based Systems
3.3 Conclusion
Chapter 4 After the Inferno: Agriculture and Land Degradation following the Wildfires of 2020 in Western United States in the midst of Global Warming and a Global Pandemic
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Toll of Increasing Wildfires in the U.S.
4.3 Wildfires, Agriculture and Food Security in the U.S.
4.4 Relevant Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S.
4.5 Adapting to Climate Change in the U.S. Agriculture Sector
4.6 Closing Observations and Conclusions
Chapter 5 "Sky Water: History and Prospect."
5.1 Introduction
5.2 War and the Weather
5.3 A Perfect Imitation of Battle
5.4 Electrified Sand
5.5 Liquified CO2.
5.6 Dry Ice and Silver Iodide.
5.7 Pathological Science.
5.8 Militarization.
Chapter 6 The Great Green Wall and Desertification
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Trends and Impacts of Desertification in the Region (The Magnitude of the Problem)
6.3 The Great Green Wall Initiative
6.4 Nigeria Case Study
6.5 Conclusion
Chapter 7 Desertification, Poverty and the Farmers' Dilemma in the Sudano-Sahelian Region: A Case Study of Zamfara State, Nigeria
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Sudano-Sahelian Region
7.3 Causes of Desertification
7.4 Research Methodology
7.5 Data Presentation and Analyses
7.6 Socio-Economic Background of Respondents
7.7 Summary of Findings and Mediation Efforts by the People
7.8 Conclusion
7.9 Recommendations
Chapter 8 Impacts of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) and How to Enhance Local and Regional Resilience to its Challenges.
8.1 Introduction
8.2 DLDD in the Regions and Climate Change
8.3 Methodology
8.4 Findings and Analysis
8.5 Discussion
8.6 Conclusions
Chapter 9 Desertification in the Humid Region of China
9.1 Features of the Red Desert
9.2 Types and Distribution of Desertification in the Humid Zone of Southern China
9.3 Causes of Desertification in the Southern Humid Zone
9.4. Current Management
Chapter 10 Trends and Targets of Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN), the Case of Kuwait Raafat Misak
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Land degradation and Land Use
10.3 Land Degradation Neutrality
10.4 Sandblast Impact on Natural Vegetation
10.5 Off-road Driving
10.6 Land Degradation Response Hierarchy (Avoid, Minimize and Reverse)
10.7 Managing the Hazards of SDS (Case of Kuwait)
10.8 Concluding Remarks
10.9 Recommendations
Chapter 11 Land Degradation Restoration - The Oasis Ecosystem Restoration Project, Lake Turkana, Kenya
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Desertification and Human History
11.3 Study Area: Lake Turkana Region
11.4 Project Evolution
11.5 Intervention Areas
11.6 Information and Awareness
11.7 Conclusion: The Oasis Paradigm
Chapter 12 Measures Adopted to Combat Land Degradation and Desertification of Coffee Agroecosystems in Misantla, Veracruz, Mexico
12.1 Introduction
Unbenannt
12.3 Objectives
12.4 Material and Methods
12.5 Results and Discussion
12.6 Conclusions
12.7 Recommendations
Chapter 13 Land-Use Impacts on Plant Diversity and Carbon Storage in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest (Caatinga) at Northeast Brazil
13.1 Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest (SDTF)
13.2 Brazilian Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest: Caatinga
13.3 The Soils of Caatinga
13.4 Plant Diversity and Land-Use Impacts on of Caatinga
13.5 Wood Biomass
13.6 Non-wood (Herbaceous) Biomass
13.7 Introduced Exotic Species
13.8 Caatinga and Land Degradation
13.9 Living with the semiarid
Chapter 14 Agroforestry as a Solution for Land Degradation and Climate Change
14.1 Introduction
Chapter 14 Agroforestry as a Solution for Land Degradation and Climate Change
14.2 Agroforestry: A Nature-based Solution to Climate Change
14.3 Native and Bio-regionally Appropriate Species
14.4 Agroforestry: The Biotic Importance of Using Native Species
14.5 Biotic Interdependencies of Native Species
14.6 Critical Abiotic Factors for Native Species in Agroforestry
14.7 Why Do Finished Agroforestry Projects Eventually Fail
14.8 A Critical Agroforestry-Transition Bottleneck
14.9 Agroforestry-Transition Design Guidelines Outline
14.10 Conclusion
Chapter 15 Prospects of Sustainable Urban Farming for Food Security and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Background
15.3 Materials and Methods
15.4 Results
15.5 Discussion
15.6 Conclusions
Chapter 16 Resilience Measures Applied in Sugarcane Agriculture Against Land Degradation in the Papaloapan Water Basin, Edo. Veracruz Mexico
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Work Methodology
16.3. Resilience Measures Applied in Sugarcane Regions Affected by Climate Changes and Anthropic Factors
16.4 Evaluation of Limiting Factors
16.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
Chapter 17 Sustainable Land Management, the Case of Maningory Watershed, Madagascar
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Study Area and Background
17.3 Results
17.4 Discussion
17.5 Conclusions
Chapter 18 Conclusion

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