TY  - BOOK
AU  - Imeson,Anton
TI  - Desertification, land degradation and sustainability
SN  - 9780470714485
AV  - GB611 .I44 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Oxford, Hoboken, N.J.
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Desertification
KW  - Control
KW  - Reclamation of land
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; -- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgement; Introduction: Scope and approach; part I	The Nature of Desertification; 1.	Desertification, its causes and why it matters; 1.1.	The nature of desertification; 1.2.	The links between global and local desertification; 1.3.	Discussion: desertification as a world-wide and historical phenomenon; 1.4.	Discussion: life and its feedback with the environment; 1.5.	Discussion: the adaptation of people and cultures to desertification; 1.6.	Discussion: Data and evidence for land degradation; 1.7.	Conclusion: why land degradation and desertification occur; References and further reading; 2.	Responses to desertification; 2.1.	Finding answers; 2.2.	Conclusion: The causes of land degradation today; 2.3.	Conclusion: strategies to mitigate desertification; References and further reading; 3.	Desertification indicators: from concept to practice; 3.1.	Introduction; 3.2.	Approaches to desertification indicators; 3.3.	Global and regional indicators of land degradation and desertification; 3.4.	Applying selected concepts in practice; 3.5.	Desertification, resilience and stability; 3.6.	The soil and water conservation and protection functions; 3.7.	Spatial variability and discontinuity; 3.8.	Hydrological indicators of desertification; 3.9.	Water in the soil and landscape; References and further reading; part II	Local Desertification Impact and Response; 4.	Key processes regulating soil and landscape functions; 4.1.	Introduction; 4.2.	Fine scale processes; 4.3.	The provision of the hydrological function, runoff and sediment transport; 4.4.	The protection function of the land and erosion; 4.5.	The long-term impact: the vigil network sites in the USA; 4.6.	Hydrological response: what happens to the land when it rains; 4.7.	Water; 4.8.	Nature, natural capital and land degradation; 4.9.	Soil stability; 4.10.	Soil response and soil behaviour; 4.11.	Catchment response, hydrology and the soil; 4.12.	Discussion: vegetation patterns as responses to land degradation processes; 4.13.	Controlled desertification experiments; References and further reading; 5.	Human impact on degradation processes; 5.1.	Introduction; 5.2.	Soil erosion processes; 5.3.	Response of soil structure to cultivation and farming; 5.4.	Gully erosion; 5.5.	Grazing and erosion; 5.6.	The impact of fire on land degradation processes; 5.7.	Case 1: Blue Ridge Foothills; 5.8.	Case 2: Human impact in the Atlantic States; 5.9.	Case 3: Impact of forest logging in California Casper Creek; 5.10.	Case 4: Karuah Forest, New South Wales, Australia; 5.11.	Case 5: Afforestation in Spain; 5.12.	Case 6: Soil erosion impacts in Europe; 5.13.	Case 7: Human impact in the Central Cordillera of Columbia; 5.14.	Case 8: Bolivia Tarije; 5.15.	The sediment load and soil erosion; 5.16.	Monitoring methods to verify impact and management on erosion; 5.17.	Water resource development irrigation as responses; 5.18.	Soil conservation principles and erosion; 5.19.	Conceptual approaches to soil conservation; References and further reading; 6.	Responses to land degradation from perception to action; 6.1.	Introduction; 6.2.	Environmentally sensitive areas; 6.3.	The European policy, response, and governance; 6.4.	Applying the adaptive systems approach explicitly; 6.5.	Responding with laws to protect the land and soil; 6.6.	European law and the requirements of the convention; 6.7.	The European soil strategy; 6.8.	Romania: A model national action plan; 6.9.	Italy and the convention; References and further reading; part III	Global Desertification Impact and Response; 7.	Global desertification today; 7.1.	Desertification today; 7.2.	Global balances and fluxes; 7.3.	Case study: desertification and the crash in property prices; 7.4.	Brazil; 7.5.	Namibia; 7.6.	Dust and sandstorms in China; References and further reading; 8.	Desertification, ecosystem services and capital; 8.1.	Introduction; 8.2.	Interactions between desertification and ecosystem services; 8.3.	The impact of desertification on ecosystem services; References and further reading; 9.	The way forward: global soil conservation and protection; 9.1.	Introduction; 9.2.	Iceland; 9.3.	The call for action; 9.4.	Europe; 9.5.	Support to the UNCCD; 9.6.	The importance of international co-operation; References and further reading; Appendix A	Soil basics; References and further reading; Index
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