Desertification: Environmental Degradation In And Around Arid Lands / Edition 1

by Michael H. Glantz

Overview

This book represents a collection of papers on the subject of the creation of desert-like conditions as a result of human or natural causes. It provides considerable reference material for those interested in pursuing the various subtopics in greater depth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367170905
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	11/23/2020
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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