TY  - BOOK
AU  - Conacher,A.J.
ED  - International Geographical Union.
TI  - Land degradation : papers selected from contributions to the Sixth Meeting of the International Geographical Union's Commission on Land Degradation and Desertification, Perth, Western Australia, 20-28 September 1999
T2  - GeoJournal library
SN  - 0792367707
AV  - S623 .I58 1999
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Dordrecht, Boston
PB  - Kluwer Academic Publishers
KW  - Soil degradation
KW  - Reclamation of land
KW  - Land use
KW  - Land degradation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; -- CONTENTS; Preface ix; Keynote Paper; 1. Agrodiversity - A Positive Means of Addressing Land Degradation and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods; / Michael Stocking; Part One: Land Degradation Processes; 2. Geostatistical Analysis and Simulation of West African Sahel Rainfall; / Adrian Chappell and Clive T. Agnew; 3. Nebkha Dunes as Indicators of Soil Degradation in the Molopo Basin, South Africa and Botswana; / A. J. Dougill and A. D. Thomas; 4. Desertification in an Arid Shrubland in the Southwestem United States: Process Modelling and Validation; / Gregory S. Okin, Bruce Murray and William H. Schlesinger; 5. The Potential for Degradation of Landscape Function and Cultural Values Following the Extinction ofMitika {Bettongia Lesueur) in Central Australia; / J.C. Noble, J. Gillen, G. Jacobson, W.A. Low, C. Miller and the Mutjtjulu Community; Part Tvvo: Land Degradation as a Response to Land Use Practices and Land Use Change; 6. An Assessment of Soil Erosion in Scotland  Donald A. Davidson, Jan C. Grieve and Andrew N. Tyler; 7. Ecological Disturbance and Soil Erosion on Grazing Land in Southwest Iceland; / Gudrun Gisladöttir; 8. Land Cover Changes in Sardinia (Italy): the Role of Agricultural Policies in Land Degradation; / M. d'Angelo, G. Enne, S. Madrau and C. Zucca; 9. Environmental Problems Caused by Heavy Application of Nitrogen Fertilisers in Japanese Tea Fields; / Tadashi Kato, Xiaoju Wang and Shinichi Tokuta; Part Three: Society and Land Degradation; 10. Soil Sustainability and Land Reform in South Africa; / Helen Kerr Watson; 11. Redistribution, Restitution and Reform: Prospects for the Land in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa; / R.C. Fox and K.M. Rowntree 167; 12. Establishing Farmers' Understanding of Soil Health for the Future Development of 'User-Friendly' Soil Monitoring Packages; / Lisa Alexandra Lobry De Bruyn; 13. Understanding Farmer Monitoring of a 'Sustainability Indicator': Depth to Saline Groundwater in Western Australia; / Sally P. Marsh, Michael P. Burton and David J. Pannell; 14. Needs and Opportunities in Evaluating Land Degradation and Erosion in SouthEast Asia; / Ian Douglas; Part Four: Rehabilitation of Degraded Land; 15. DiffeTent Techniques of Pasture Improvement and Soil Erosion in a Wooded Rangeland in SW Spain - Methodology and Preliminary Results; / S. Schnabel, F. Gonzalez, M. Murillo and V. Moreno; 16. Land Recovery Following Extensive Sheet Erosion at Menangle, NSW; / G.S. Humphreys and B. Groth; 17. Safe Carrying Capacity and Sustainable Grazing: How Much Have We Learnt in Semi-Arid Australia in the Last 170 Years?; / John Pickard; 18. Reconsidering the Economic Scope for Rehabilitating Degraded Australian SemiArid Rangelands - Issues of Context, Process and Integration; / N.D. MacLeod and J. C. Noble; 19. Airborne Geophysics Provides Improved Spatial Information for the Management of Dryland Salinity; / Richard J. George and Donald L. Bennett 20. Innovative Use of Water Balance Models in Farm and Catchment Planning in Western Australia; / G.P. Raper, L.M. Guppy, R.M. Argent and R.J. George; Part Five: Land Degradation and Policy; 21. Explaining Non-adoption of Practices to Prevent Dryland Salinity in Western Australia: Implications for Policy; / David J. Pannell; 22. Evaluation of Policy Approaches to Dryland Salinity Management in the Kent River Catchment; / Elizabeth A. Kington andKeith R.J. Smettem; 23. Policy Responses to Land Degradation in Australia; / Jeanette Conacher and Arthur Conacher; 24. Agriculture, Land Degradation and Desertification: Concluding Comments; / Michael Stocking
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