The causes and progression of desertification
By: Helmut Geist.
Series: Ashgate studies in environmental policy and practice
Publisher: Ashgate Pub
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Desertification.
Description: "This book provides an examination into the causes and prospects of desertification through a systematic review of 132 sub-national case studies. It uses a meta-analytical model to determine whether proximate causes and underlying driving forces fall into any patterns, to identify mediating factors, feedbacks, cross-scalar dynamics and typical pathways."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem and its identification; title: Research design; title: Initial conditions; title: Causes and system properties; title: Syndromes and process rates; title: Pathways; title: Indicators.