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Sustainable Land Use in Deserts
. Ed(S): Breckle, Siegmar-W.; Veste, Maik; Wucherer, Walter
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Hardback. Changing deserts for land use implies many ecological problems. The issues are dealt with in this title. Basic and applied sciences are brought together. Water management in deserts, grazing systems or reclamation of desertified areas are examined as well as social and economic aspects. Editor(s): Breckle, Siegmar-W.; Veste, Maik; Wucherer, Walter. Num Pages: 465 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 50 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: RGBA; RGCM; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 894.
Changing desert areas for land use implies a lot of ecological problems. These and related ones are dealt with in this book covering various interdisciplinary and international aspects. Large areas in arid and semi-arid regions are already polluted in various ways. One of the biggest problems is the anthropogenic salinization by inadequate means of agriculture and irrigation. Additionally, most arid areas in the world are dramatically overgrazed. Methods and practices of a sustainable land use in deserts are urgently needed in many arid regions. This book gives a broad survey on some of the affected regions of the world as ... Read more
Changing desert areas for land use implies a lot of ecological problems. These and related ones are dealt with in this book covering various interdisciplinary and international aspects. Large areas in arid and semi-arid regions are already polluted in various ways. One of the biggest problems is the anthropogenic salinization by inadequate means of agriculture and irrigation. Additionally, most arid areas in the world are dramatically overgrazed. Methods and practices of a sustainable land use in deserts are urgently needed in many arid regions. This book gives a broad survey on some of the affected regions of the world as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
465
Condition
New
Number of Pages
465
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540677628
SKU
V9783540677628
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