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100	1		_aImeson, Anton.
245	1	0	_aDesertification, land degradation and sustainability / _cAnton Imeson.
264		1	_aOxford ; _aHoboken, N.J. : _bWiley-Blackwell, _c2012.
300			_axvii, 326 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_t-- Contents _tPreface _tAcknowledgement _tIntroduction: Scope and approach _tpart I The Nature of Desertification _t1. Desertification, its causes and why it matters _t1.1. The nature of desertification _t1.2. The links between global and local desertification _t1.3. Discussion: desertification as a world-wide and historical phenomenon _t1.4. Discussion: life and its feedback with the environment _t1.5. Discussion: the adaptation of people and cultures to desertification _t1.6. Discussion: Data and evidence for land degradation _t1.7. Conclusion: why land degradation and desertification occur _tReferences and further reading _t2. Responses to desertification _t2.1. Finding answers _t2.2. Conclusion: The causes of land degradation today _t2.3. Conclusion: strategies to mitigate desertification _tReferences and further reading _t3. Desertification indicators: from concept to practice _t3.1. Introduction _t3.2. Approaches to desertification indicators _t3.3. Global and regional indicators of land degradation and desertification _t3.4. Applying selected concepts in practice _t3.5. Desertification, resilience and stability _t3.6. The soil and water conservation and protection functions _t3.7. Spatial variability and discontinuity _t3.8. Hydrological indicators of desertification _t3.9. Water in the soil and landscape _tReferences and further reading _tpart II Local Desertification Impact and Response _t4. Key processes regulating soil and landscape functions _t4.1. Introduction _t4.2. Fine scale processes _t4.3. The provision of the hydrological function, runoff and sediment transport _t4.4. The protection function of the land and erosion _t4.5. The long-term impact: the vigil network sites in the USA _t4.6. Hydrological response: what happens to the land when it rains _t4.7. Water _t4.8. Nature, natural capital and land degradation _t4.9. Soil stability _t4.10. Soil response and soil behaviour _t4.11. Catchment response, hydrology and the soil _t4.12. Discussion: vegetation patterns as responses to land degradation processes _t4.13. Controlled desertification experiments _tReferences and further reading _t5. Human impact on degradation processes _t5.1. Introduction _t5.2. Soil erosion processes _t5.3. Response of soil structure to cultivation and farming _t5.4. Gully erosion _t5.5. Grazing and erosion _t5.6. The impact of fire on land degradation processes _t5.7. Case 1: Blue Ridge Foothills _t5.8. Case 2: Human impact in the Atlantic States _t5.9. Case 3: Impact of forest logging in California Casper Creek _t5.10. Case 4: Karuah Forest, New South Wales, Australia _t5.11. Case 5: Afforestation in Spain _t5.12. Case 6: Soil erosion impacts in Europe _t5.13. Case 7: Human impact in the Central Cordillera of Columbia _t5.14. Case 8: Bolivia Tarije _t5.15. The sediment load and soil erosion _t5.16. Monitoring methods to verify impact and management on erosion _t5.17. Water resource development irrigation as responses _t5.18. Soil conservation principles and erosion _t5.19. Conceptual approaches to soil conservation _tReferences and further reading _t6. Responses to land degradation from perception to action _t6.1. Introduction _t6.2. Environmentally sensitive areas _t6.3. The European policy, response, and governance _t6.4. Applying the adaptive systems approach explicitly _t6.5. Responding with laws to protect the land and soil _t6.6. European law and the requirements of the convention _t6.7. The European soil strategy _t6.8. Romania: A model national action plan _t6.9. Italy and the convention _tReferences and further reading _tpart III Global Desertification Impact and Response _t7. Global desertification today _t7.1. Desertification today _t7.2. Global balances and fluxes _t7.3. Case study: desertification and the crash in property prices _t7.4. Brazil _t7.5. Namibia _t7.6. Dust and sandstorms in China _tReferences and further reading _t8. Desertification, ecosystem services and capital _t8.1. Introduction _t8.2. Interactions between desertification and ecosystem services _t8.3. The impact of desertification on ecosystem services _tReferences and further reading _t9. The way forward: global soil conservation and protection _t9.1. Introduction _t9.2. Iceland _t9.3. The call for action _t9.4. Europe _t9.5. Support to the UNCCD _t9.6. The importance of international co-operation _tReferences and further reading _tAppendix A Soil basics _tReferences and further reading _tIndex
650		0	_aDesertification.
650		0	_aDesertification _xControl.
650		0	_aReclamation of land.
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