Land Degradation

1. Front Matter

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2. Keynote Paper

   1. Agrodiversity: A Positive Means of Addressing Land Degradation and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods

      • Michael Stocking

      Pages 1-16

3. Land Degradation Processes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Geostatistical Analysis and Numerical Simulation of West African Sahel Rainfall

      • Adrian Chappell, Clive T. Agnew

      Pages 19-35

   3. Potentials and Problems in Using Nebkha Dunes as Indicators of Soil Degradation in the Molopo Basin, South Africa and Botswana

      • A. J. Dougill, A. D. Thomas

      Pages 37-51

   4. Desertification in an Arid Shrubland in the Southwestern United States

      • Gregory S. Okin, Bruce Murray, William H. Schlesinger

      Pages 53-70

   5. The Potential for Degradation of Landscape Function and Cultural Values Following the Extinction of Mitika (Bettongia Lesueur) in Central Australia

      • J. C. Noble, J. Gillen, G. Jacobson, W. A. Low, C. Miller, Mutitjulu Community

      Pages 71-89

4. Land Degradation as a Response to Land Use Practices and Land Use Change

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. An Assessment of Soil Erosion by Water in Scotland

      • Donald A. Davidson, Ian C. Grieve, Andrew N. Tyler

      Pages 93-108

   3. Ecological Disturbance and Soil Erosion on Grazing Land in Southwest Iceland

      • Gudrún Gísladóttir

      Pages 109-126

   4. Land Cover Changes in Sardinia (Italy): The Role of Agricultural Policies in Land Degradation

      • M. D’angelo, G. Enne, S. Madrau, Claudio Zucca

      Pages 127-139

   5. Environmental Problems Caused by Heavy Application of Nitrogen Fertilisers in Japanese Tea Fields

      • Xiaoju Wang, Tadashi Kato, Shinichi Tokuda

      Pages 141-150

5. Society and Land Degradation

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Soil Sustainability and Land Reform in South Africa

      • Helen Kerr Watson

      Pages 153-166

   3. Redistribution, Restitution and Reform: Prospects for the Land in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

      • R. C. Fox, K. M. Rowntree

      Pages 167-186

   4. Establishing Farmers’ Understanding of Soil Health for the Future Development of ‘User-Friendly’ Soil Monitoring Packages

      • Lisa Alexandra Lobry De Bruyn

      Pages 187-206

   5. Understanding Farmer Monitoring of a ‘Sustainability Indicator’: Depth to Saline Groundwater in Western Australia

      • Sally P. Marsh, Michael P. Burton, David J. Pannell

      Pages 207-222

   6. Needs and Opportunities in Evaluating Land Degradation and Erosion in South-East Asia

      • Ian Douglas

      Pages 223-235

6. Rehabilitation of Degraded Land

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-238

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   2. Different Techniques of Pasture Improvement and Soil Erosion in a Wooded Rangeland in SW Spain

      • S. Schnabel, F. González, M. Murillo, V. Moreno

      Pages 239-253

This book contains selected contributions from the Sixth Meeting of the International Geographical Union's Commission on Land Degradation and Desertification, held in Perth, Australia, in September 1999. Collectively, these contributions explicitly seek to understand not only the mechanisms responsible for the problem of land degradation but their social and economic implications, the means of overcoming the problems, and the policy instruments whereby remedial measures may be implemented. This breadth of approach is both distinctive and essential if the problems are to be tackled effectively. The authorship comprises of specialists (mostly geographers) from universities, research organizations, and government agencies, who provide a truly international perspective with contributions from Iceland to Australia and from the USA to Japan.
Audience: The book presents current research findings which will be of particular benefit to professionals and practitioners, as well as researchers and tertiary-level educationalists who are involved with land degradation.

• development
• erosion
• groundwater
• organization
• sustainability
• hydrogeology
• ecotoxicology

• University of Western Australia, Nedlands,Perth, Australia

  Arthur J. Conacher

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