The End of Desertification? Disputing Environmental Change in the Drylands /
The question in the title of this book draws attention to the shortcomings of a concept that has become a political tool of global importance even as the scientific basis for its use grows weaker. The concept of desertification, it can be argued, has ceased to be analytically useful and distorts our...
Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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Other Authors: | Behnke, Roy (Editor), Mortimore, Michael (Editor) |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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Series: | Springer Earth System Sciences,
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Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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