The causes and progression of desertification /
By: Geist, Helmut.
Series: Ashgate studies in environmental policy and practice: Publisher: Aldershot : Ashgate, 2005Description: xi, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780754643234; 9780754643234:; 0754643239.Subject(s): Desertification | Conservation biology
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University of Louvain, International Project Office of the IGBP-IHDP Land Use/Cover Change (LUCC) Project.
The problem and its identification -- Research design -- Initial conditions -- Causes and system properties -- Syndromes and process rates -- Pathways -- Indicators.
Presenting a comprehensive examination of the causes and future effects of desertification, this text shows the phenomenon to be driven a limited set of recurrent core variables, including climatic and economic factors, cross-scalar dynamics, and typical pathways of dryland change.