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Desertification in Developed Countries

International Symposium and Workshop on Desertification in Developed Countries: Why can’t We Control It?

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  1. David A. Mouat

    1. National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, USA

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  2. Charles F. Hutchinson

    1. National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, USA

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • David A. Mouat, Charles F. Hutchinson, Beaumont C. McClure
    Pages 1-4

  3. Effect Of Mediterranean Shrub on Water Erosion Control

    • V. Andreu, J. L. Rubio, R. Cerní
    Pages 5-15

  4. Secondary Desertification Due to Salinization of Intensively Irrigated Lands: The Israeli Experience

    • A. Banin, A. Fish
    Pages 17-37

  5. Surface Disturbances: Their Role in Accelerating Desertification

    • Jayne Belnap
    Pages 39-57

  6. A Hierarchical Approach for Desertification Assessment

    • Ger Bergkamp
    Pages 59-78

  7. Properties and Erosional Response of Soils in a Degraded Ecosystem in Crete (Greece)

    • C. Boix, A. Calvo, A. C. Imeson, J. M. Schoorl, Soriano Soto, I. R. Tiemessen
    Pages 79-92

  8. Identification and Observation of Desertification Processes with the Aid of Measurements from Space: Results from the European Field Experiment in Desertification-Threatened Areas (EFEDA)

    • Hans-Jürgen Bolle
    Pages 93-101

  9. Where, Why, and to What Extent Have Rangelands in the Karoo, South Africa, Desertified

    • W. R. J. Dean, S. J. Milton, M. A. Du Plessis
    Pages 103-110

  10. Desertification Control: A Framework for Action

    • H. E. Dregne
    Pages 111-122

  11. Policy Roots of Land Degradation in the Arid Region of the United States: An Overview

    • Karl Hess Jr., Jerry L. Holechek
    Pages 123-141

  12. Use of Earth Observation Satellite Data for Land Degradation Mapping and Monitoring in Mediterranean Ecosystems: Towards a Satellite-Observatory

    • J. Hill, S. Sommer, W. Mehl, J. Megier
    Pages 143-158

  13. Desertification of the Eastern Karoo, South Africa: Conflicting Paleoecological, Historical, and Soil Isotopic Evidence

    • M. T. Hoffman, W. J. Bond, W. D. Stock
    Pages 159-177

  14. Government Policy Influences on Rangeland Conditions in the United States: A Case Example

    • Jerry L. Holechek, Karl Hess Jr.
    Pages 179-187

  15. Integrated Response Plot Designs for Indicators of Desertification

    • R. O. Kuehl, R. P. Breckenridge, M. Panda
    Pages 189-209

  16. Desertification of Subtropical Thicket in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: Are there Alternatives?

    • Graham I. H. Kerley, Michael H. Knight, Mauritz De Kock
    Pages 211-230

  17. Desertification in Australia: An Eye to Grass Roots and Landscapes

    • John A. Ludwig, David J. Tongway
    Pages 231-237

  18. Regional Landscape-Ecological Planning and Desertification Control in Arid Regions of the Commonwealth of Independent States

    • E. V. Milanova
    Pages 239-244

  19. South Africa’s Arid and Semiarid Rangelands: Why Are They Changing and Can They Be Restored?

    • Suzanne J. Milton, W. Richard J. Dean
    Pages 245-264

  20. Impact of Desertification on Temperature Trends in the Middle East

    • Hassan A. Nasrallah, Robert C. Balling Jr
    Pages 265-271
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About this book

Desertification has re-emerged as a topic of global significance as a consequence of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. When first addressed over a generation ago, attention was drawn to the compelling, spectacular images of sand dunes engulfing farmlands and parched cattle dying around wells. Research tended to focus on these events as unusual phenomena that involved the unfortunate collision of climate and `irrational' land use. Since then, the work of many researchers has shown us that desertification is a multifaceted problem that involves climatic, biogeochemical, political, and socio-economic processes that operate more or less continuously but at rates that vary in time and space. No attempts to arrest or reverse desertification that ignore this complexity are likely to succeed. In a single volume, `Desertification in Developed Countries' describes the multiple dimensions of desertification as well as the novel approaches that have been used to address it within the economies of developed countries. This is done from the perspectives and experiences of the numerous authors who have contributed to this book.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, USA

    David A. Mouat, Charles F. Hutchinson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Desertification in Developed Countries

  • Book Subtitle: International Symposium and Workshop on Desertification in Developed Countries: Why can’t We Control It?

  • Editors: David A. Mouat, Charles F. Hutchinson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1635-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3919-9Published: 31 January 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7231-1Published: 20 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1635-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 364

  • Topics: Ecotoxicology, Environmental Management, Hydrogeology, Agriculture

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