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Geist, Helmut

 
9781138278110: The Causes and Progression of Desertification (Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy and Practice)
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ISBN 10: 1138278114 ISBN 13: 9781138278110
Editorial: Routledge, 2017

Sinopsis

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. It shows a limited set of recurrent core variables in varying combinations to drive desertification. Most prominent root causes are climatic factors, institutions, national policies, population growth and remote economic influences that lead to local cropland expansion, overgrazing and infrastructure extension, associated with desertification as a potential but not necessary outcome. Some factors are geographically robust; most of them are region and time specific.

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Dr Helmut Geist is Executive Director of the Land - Use/Cover Change (LUCC) Project of the International Geosphere - Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme (IHDP).

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1138278114
ISBN 13 
9781138278110
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
272
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