Desertification
Environmental Degradation In And Around Arid Lands
1st Edition
Published on 7. June 2019
Book
Hardback
366 pages
978-0-367-02103-0 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 146 mm
Weight
840 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-02103-0 (9780367021030)
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Person
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.
Content
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