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050	0	0	_aS623 _b.I58 1999
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110	2		_aInternational Geographical Union. _bCommission on Land Degradation and Desertification. _bMeeting
245	1	0	_aLand 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 / _cedited by Arthur J. Conacher.
264		1	_aDordrecht ; _aBoston : _bKluwer Academic Publishers, _cc2001.
300			_ax, 390 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aGeoJournal library ; _vv. 58.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0	0	_t-- CONTENTS _tPreface ix _tKeynote Paper _t1. Agrodiversity - A Positive Means of Addressing Land Degradation and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods _r/ Michael Stocking _tPart One: Land Degradation Processes _t2. Geostatistical Analysis and Simulation of West African Sahel Rainfall _r/ Adrian Chappell and Clive T. Agnew _t3. Nebkha Dunes as Indicators of Soil Degradation in the Molopo Basin, South Africa and Botswana _r/ A. J. Dougill and A. D. Thomas _t4. Desertification in an Arid Shrubland in the Southwestem United States: Process Modelling and Validation _r/ Gregory S. Okin, Bruce Murray and William H. Schlesinger _t5. The Potential for Degradation of Landscape Function and Cultural Values Following the Extinction ofMitika {Bettongia Lesueur) in Central Australia _r/ J.C. Noble, J. Gillen, G. Jacobson, W.A. Low, C. Miller and the Mutjtjulu Community _tPart Tvvo: Land Degradation as a Response to Land Use Practices and Land Use Change _t6. An Assessment of Soil Erosion in Scotland Donald A. Davidson, Jan C. Grieve and Andrew N. Tyler _t7. Ecological Disturbance and Soil Erosion on Grazing Land in Southwest Iceland _r/ Gudrun Gisladöttir _t8. Land Cover Changes in Sardinia (Italy): the Role of Agricultural Policies in Land Degradation _r/ M. d'Angelo, G. Enne, S. Madrau and C. Zucca _t9. Environmental Problems Caused by Heavy Application of Nitrogen Fertilisers in Japanese Tea Fields _r/ Tadashi Kato, Xiaoju Wang and Shinichi Tokuta _tPart Three: Society and Land Degradation _t10. Soil Sustainability and Land Reform in South Africa _r/ Helen Kerr Watson _t11. Redistribution, Restitution and Reform: Prospects for the Land in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa _r/ R.C. Fox and K.M. Rowntree 167 _t12. Establishing Farmers' Understanding of Soil Health for the Future Development of 'User-Friendly' Soil Monitoring Packages _r/ Lisa Alexandra Lobry De Bruyn _t13. Understanding Farmer Monitoring of a 'Sustainability Indicator': Depth to Saline Groundwater in Western Australia _r/ Sally P. Marsh, Michael P. Burton and David J. Pannell _t14. Needs and Opportunities in Evaluating Land Degradation and Erosion in SouthEast Asia _r/ Ian Douglas _tPart Four: Rehabilitation of Degraded Land _t15. DiffeTent Techniques of Pasture Improvement and Soil Erosion in a Wooded Rangeland in SW Spain - Methodology and Preliminary Results _r/ S. Schnabel, F. Gonzalez, M. Murillo and V. Moreno _t16. Land Recovery Following Extensive Sheet Erosion at Menangle, NSW _r/ G.S. Humphreys and B. Groth _t17. Safe Carrying Capacity and Sustainable Grazing: How Much Have We Learnt in Semi-Arid Australia in the Last 170 Years? _r/ John Pickard _t18. Reconsidering the Economic Scope for Rehabilitating Degraded Australian SemiArid Rangelands - Issues of Context, Process and Integration. _r/ N.D. MacLeod and J. C. Noble _t19. Airborne Geophysics Provides Improved Spatial Information for the Management of Dryland Salinity. _r/ Richard J. George and Donald L. Bennett 20. Innovative Use of Water Balance Models in Farm and Catchment Planning in Western Australia _r/ G.P. Raper, L.M. Guppy, R.M. Argent and R.J. George _tPart Five: Land Degradation and Policy _t21. Explaining Non-adoption of Practices to Prevent Dryland Salinity in Western Australia: Implications for Policy _r/ David J. Pannell _t22. Evaluation of Policy Approaches to Dryland Salinity Management in the Kent River Catchment _r/ Elizabeth A. Kington andKeith R.J. Smettem _t23. Policy Responses to Land Degradation in Australia _r/ Jeanette Conacher and Arthur Conacher _t24. Agriculture, Land Degradation and Desertification: Concluding Comments _r/ Michael Stocking
650		0	_aSoil degradation.
650		0	_aReclamation of land.
650		0	_aLand use.
650		0	_aLand degradation.
700	1		_aConacher, A. J.
830		0	_9109361 _aGeoJournal library ; _vv. 58.
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