Land Degradation : Creation and Destruction
Second Edition
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0742519481
ISBN-13
9780742519480
Edition
Second Edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 21st, 2006
Print length
318 Pages
Weight
653 grams
Dimensions
23.10 x 18.80 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Environmental management
Ksh 6,400.00
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Explores the substantial decrease in an area's biological productivity or usefulness to humans due to human activities. This book covers the history of land degradation, looks at local and regional effects of human interactions with the environment, and compares creative destruction with destructive creation.
This up-to-date, second edition of Land Degradation explores substantial decreases in the land''s biological productivity or usefulness to humans due to human activities. Case studies—including tourist impacts in Europe, the environmental footprints of urban areas, wetland drainage for agriculture in the American Midwest, run-on farming in the Negev, land degradation in the Amazon Basin, and irrigation in Egypt—cover the history of land degradation, identify the level of human responsibility in transforming natural landscapes into sustainable agro-ecosystems, look at local and regional effects of human interactions with the environment, and reveal both negative and positive aspects of land modification. Extensively illustrated, Land Degradation can be used as the primary text in a course of the same name or as a supplement in courses covering land use, environmental change, and sustainability.
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