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Desertification - Michael H. Glantz

Desertification

Environmental Degradation in and around Arid Lands
Buch | Softcover
366 Seiten
2020
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-367-17090-5 (ISBN)
CHF 73,90 inkl. MwSt
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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 146 x 229 mm
Gewicht 800 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
Naturwissenschaften Biologie
ISBN-10 0-367-17090-6 / 0367170906
ISBN-13 978-0-367-17090-5 / 9780367170905
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