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Desertification: Environmental Degradation In And Around Arid Lands book cover

1st Edition

Desertification Environmental Degradation In And Around Arid Lands

By Michael H. Glantz Copyright 1977
366 Pages
by CRC Press

366 Pages
by CRC Press

366 Pages
by CRC Press
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This book represents a collection of papers on the subject of the creation of desert-like conditions as a result of human or natural causes. It provides considerable reference material for those interested in pursuing the various subtopics in greater depth.

Foreword -- Preface -- The U.N. and Desertification: Dealing with a Global Problem -- The nature and causes of Desertization -- The Other Energy Crisis -- Ecological Deterioration: Local-Level Rule-Making and Enforcement Problems in Niger -- Rainfal Statistics, Droughts, and Desertification in the Sahel -- Ocean Deserts and Ocean Oases -- Climate, Desertification, and Human Activities -- Desertification and Population: Sub-Saharan Africa -- Principal Problems of Desert Land Reclamation in the U.S.S.R. -- Interim Report of the South African Drought Investigation Commission, April, 1922 -- Pastoral Development in Somalia: Herding Cooperatives as a Strategy Against Desertification and Famine -- Climate and Weather Modification in and around Arid Lands in Africa

Biography

Michael H. Glantz, scientist in the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, has an extensive background in engineering, political science, and international relations. His most recent publication is The Politics of Natural Disaster: The Case of the Sahelian Drought. Dr. Glantz holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at the Universities of Pennsylvania and Colorado and at Swarthmore and Lafayette Colleges. He is a member of Colorado Gover[1]nor Lamm's Drought Council.

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