Desertification in the Third Millennium
Proceedings of an International Conference, Dubai, 12-15 February 2000
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2003
Book
Hardback
504 pages
978-90-5809-571-8 (ISBN)
Description
This wide-ranging selection of original papers covers many aspects of desertification including environmental and weather factors, land management policy, groundwater resources, understanding biodiversity in fragile ecosystems, technological approaches to the study and remedy of desertification.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
1090 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-5809-571-8 (9789058095718)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
A.S. Alsharhan, W.W. Wood, A.S. Goudie, A. Fowler, E.M. Abdellatif
Content
Preface; Acknowledgement; PART 1. Desertification and Global Climatic Change; PART 2. Biodiversity, Mangroves and other Halophytes and their Conservation Ecosystems; PART 3. The Effect of Wind and Water on Soil Erosion and Sand Creep; PART 4. Land Degradation and Management in Arid, Semi-Arid and Dry Sub-Humid Areas; PART 5. Policies and Cost/Benefit for Combating Land Degradation and Desertification; PART 6. Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) to Study Desertification; PART 7. Groundwater Resources in Desert Areas; Author index