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...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Σειρά: | Springer Earth System Sciences,
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Part 1. Foreword: The Great Sahelian Desertification Boondoggle
- Part 2. Social and political consequences of the Sahelian droughts
- Part 3. Scientific causes of the Sahelian droughts
- Part 4. A global assessment of desertification
- Part 5. The capacity to adapt
- Part 6. Lessons learnt.
