Desertification: Environmental Degradation In And Around Arid Lands

By Michael H. Glantz (Author)

Book information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
1978
ISBN
9780367021030, 9780367120399, 9780429050893, 9780429726224, 9780429746239, 9780429706219, 9780367170905
DOI
10.1201/9780429050893
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32525299 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
\367
Time added
2020-10-06 04:24:42
Bioscience;General Science

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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