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41. Case Studies on Desertification. Ed by J.A. Mabbutt (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Natural Resources Resea) by Unesco | |
Paperback: 279
Pages
(1981-09)
list price: US$44.75 Isbn: 9231018205 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
42. Mediterranean Desertification: A Mosaic of Processes and Responses | |
Hardcover: 456
Pages
(2002-10-18)
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Editorial Review Product Description The MEDALUS project was set up to improve the scientific basis for understanding and managing semi-arid environments that are undergoing great change. The material presented includes the results of interdisciplinary in-depth investigations undertaken over the last 10 years. It will provide a unique collection of research results that will assist rural planners, and regional and national authorities in preparing plans for mitigation. Includes:Field based research carried out in the MEDALUS project |
43. Desertification et amenagement au Maghreb (French Edition) | |
Paperback: 313
Pages
(1995)
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44. The Sea of Sands and Mists: Desertification : Seeking Solutions in the Wahiba Sands by Nigel Winser | |
Hardcover: 199
Pages
(1989-08)
list price: US$39.95 Isbn: 0712616098 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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45. Challenging desertification in west Africa: Insights from Landsat into carrying capacity, cultivation, and settlement sites in Upper Volta and Niger (Papers in international studies : Africa series) by Priscilla Reining | |
Paperback: 165
Pages
(1979)
Isbn: 0896801020 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
46. Desertification (Contemporary Issues in Geography) by Nicholas J. Middleton | |
Paperback: 48
Pages
(1991-06-06)
Isbn: 0199133697 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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47. Combating Desertification with Plants (Volume 0) by Arnold Schlissel | |
Hardcover: 480
Pages
(2001-08-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description This work provides the reader with the experience of scientists from30 countries and international institutions around the globe, workingin cold and warm dry regions to bring plant-based solutions to one ofthe most severe problems of our times. The measures required to haltor reverse the process of desertification fall into many categories-- policy, institutional, sociological/anthropological, andtechnical. |
48. Environmental Degradation and Desertification in Ghana: A Study of the Upper West Region (Avebury Studies in Green Research) by Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah | |
Hardcover: 208
Pages
(1994-02)
list price: US$84.95 Isbn: 1856285456 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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49. United States-Pakistan Workshop on Arid Lands Development and Desertification Control [Islamabad, Pakistan January 9-15, 1986] | |
Unknown Binding: 235
Pages
(1987)
Isbn: 9694090350 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
50. An integrated study of desertification: Applications of remote sensing, GIS and spatial models in semi-arid Sudan (Meddelanden fran Lunds universitets Geografiska institution) by Lennart Olsson | |
Paperback: 170
Pages
(1985)
Isbn: 9172229756 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
51. The Future of Drylands: International Scientific Conference on Desertification and Drylands Research, Tunis, Tunisia, 19-21 June 2006 | |
Hardcover: 856
Pages
(2008-12-08)
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Editorial Review Product Description Drylands have been cradles to some of the world’s greatest civilizations, and contemporary dryland communities feature rich and unique cultures. Dryland ecosystems support a surprising amount of biodiversity. Desertification, however, is a significant land degradation problem in the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions of the world. Deterioration of soil and plant cover has adversely affected 70% of the world’s drylands as a result of extended droughts as well as mismanagement of range and cultivated lands. The situation is likely to worsen with high population growth rates and accompanying land-use conflicts. The contributions to The Future of Drylands – an international scientific conference held under the leadership of UNESCO – address these issues and offer practical solutions for combating desertification along with conserving and sustainably managing dryland ecosystems. Major themes include the conservation of dryland biological and cultural diversity and the human dryland interface. This volume documents how our improved understanding of drylands provides insight into the health and future prospects of these precious ecosystems that should help ensure that dryland communities enjoy a sustainable future. |
52. Desertification: Exploding the Myth by David S. G. Thomas, Nicholas J. Middleton | |
Paperback: 208
Pages
(1994-05)
list price: US$115.00 Isbn: 0471948152 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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53. Man in the desert: Drought, desertification, and indigenous knowledge for sustainable development by L. P Bharara | |
Hardcover: 394
Pages
(1999)
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54. Drylands Development and Combating Desertification: Bibliographic Study of Experiences in Countries of the CIS (FAO environment & energy paper: 14) by Florian Plit, Joanna Plit, Wladyslaw Zakowski | |
Paperback: 203
Pages
(1995-12-31)
Isbn: 9251035377 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
55. Physics of Desertification | |
Hardcover: 492
Pages
(1986-04-30)
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56. Interactions of Desertification & Climate by Martin A. J. Williams, Robert C. Balling Jr, Robert C., Jr. Balling | |
Hardcover: 300
Pages
(1995-10)
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Editorial Review Product Description Two leading scientists, jointly commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organization, have produced a referenced report on current knowledge of the interactions of desertification and climate in the drylands (excluding hyper-arid regions) of the world. They conclude by making a series of recommendations for future dryland management strategy. Customer Reviews (1)
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57. Desertification and its control in the Thar, Sahara & Sahel regions | |
Hardcover: 478
Pages
(1993)
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58. Postmodern Global Governance: The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Aktuelle Materialien Zur Internationalen Politik) by Andreas Rechkemmer | |
Paperback: 172
Pages
(2004-11-19)
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59. Combating Desertification in China (UNEP reports and proceedings series) | |
Paperback: 70
Pages
(1983-08)
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60. Desertification and Risk Analysis Using High and Medium Resolution Satellite Data: Training Workshop on Mapping Desertification (NATO Science for Peace ... Series C: Environmental Security) (Volume 0) | |
Paperback: 274
Pages
(2008-12-02)
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Editorial Review Product Description This publication collects the results of a practical experience of survey, through the direct control of satellite images from high to medium resolution, over areas subjected to desertification problems. The problems of the local population are closely tied to the equilibrium in the management of the territory, which is compromised by the difficulties of maintaining traditional methodologies of management. The new survey technologies, based on the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, allow analyzing the details of the present situation and point out the dynamism of the phenomena and the impacts with anthropogenic activities. Training has been carried out in the Tozeur area, in central Tunisia, where participants had the chance to analyze on the field a series of different aspects. It has also been possible to discuss similar experiences in distant territories and the importance of the physical processes of desertification. During the development of the intensive training on the job, visits to entrepreneurial truths concerning the management of the territory have been carried out. The analyzed area finds in tourism an answer to the necessities of improving the living conditions of the population. Specialists from twelve nations presented actions of management of the territory, with detailed attention on environmental security and the conditions of the territory. From the observations carried out the fragility of the landscape of the oases has emerged, which are subjected to total anthropogenic management and therefore closely linked to the availability of the specialized workers in the traditional methodologies. It is natural that the management of the lands changes according to modern technologies, but, with a too fast pace, this evolution risks to upset the management of the territory. The exchange of information, the ability to map the variations, the dialogue between the parts, will favor the maintenance of the political security in the Mediterranean region. This experience of cooperation and association constitutes a precedent for the development of a system of high education courses to be provided to the local communities for the common wellbeing. |
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