Mediterranean Desertification: A Mosaic of Processes and Responses - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470844485 ISBN 13: 9780470844489

Publisher: Wiley, 2002

Synopsis

Desertification includes land degradation due to both climatic and anthropogenic causes, where land includes water, soil, and the biosphere.

This book presents the most recent findings from the European Community's MEDALUS project, which was formed to understand and manage semi-arid environments that are undergoing great change.

• Covers climate and land use processes and responses in the Mediterranean
• First book to provide guidelines for the management of land degradation in Mediterranean environments
• Based on first-hand experience of the problems by those responsible for solving them

About this title

About the Author

N. A. Geeson is the editor of Mediterranean Desertification: A Mosaic of Processes and Responses, published by Wiley.

C. J. Brandt is the editor of Mediterranean Desertification: A Mosaic of Processes and Responses, published by Wiley.

John B. Thornes is the editor of Mediterranean Desertification: A Mosaic of Processes and Responses, published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

Desertification is land degradation in arid and semi-arid regions from both climatic and anthropogenic causes. The Northern Mediterranean with its irregular rainfall, poor soils, abandonment of traditional agriculture and unsustainable water exploitation has been recognised as a region with increasing desertification problems.

The MEDALUS project was set up to improve the scientific basis for understanding and managing semi-arid environments that are undergoing great change. The material presented includes the results of interdisciplinary in-depth investigations undertaken over the last 10 years. It will provide a unique collection of research results that will assist rural planners, and regional and national authorities in preparing plans for mitigation. Includes:

• Field based research carried out in the MEDALUS project
• Authors with first hand research experience of their material
• Results of direct applicability to land use management in Mediterranean environments
• Detailed thematic and spatially-based analyses
• Original material based on specific case studies

Of particular interest to geographers, ecologists, agronomists, rural planners, and all authorities on desertification problems in Mediterranean environments, from both scientific and land use management perspectives. A practical contribution to undergraduate and postgraduate university courses on the Mediterranean environment, and a useful reference source for secondary education.

From the Inside Flap

Desertification is land degradation in arid and semi-arid regions from both climatic and anthropogenic causes. The Northern Mediterranean with its irregular rainfall, poor soils, abandonment of traditional agriculture and unsustainable water exploitation has been recognised as a region with increasing desertification problems.

The MEDALUS project was set up to improve the scientific basis for understanding and managing semi-arid environments that are undergoing great change. The material presented includes the results of interdisciplinary in-depth investigations undertaken over the last 10 years. It will provide a unique collection of research results that will assist rural planners, and regional and national authorities in preparing plans for mitigation. Includes:

• Field based research carried out in the MEDALUS project
• Authors with first hand research experience of their material
• Results of direct applicability to land use management in Mediterranean environments
• Detailed thematic and spatially-based analyses
• Original material based on specific case studies

Of particular interest to geographers, ecologists, agronomists, rural planners, and all authorities on desertification problems in Mediterranean environments, from both scientific and land use management perspectives. A practical contribution to undergraduate and postgraduate university courses on the Mediterranean environment, and a useful reference source for secondary education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470844485
• ISBN 13: 9780470844489
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 456
• Editor: Geeson N. A., Brandt C. Jane, Thornes John B.