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Aeolian Desertification

Author : Pradeep Kumar Badapalli
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819967295
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Aeolian Desertification written by Pradeep Kumar Badapalli and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes contemporary research on land degradation, desertification, and how such issues relate to socioeconomic growth in developing countries. With a focus on local and regional levels, the book offers an in-depth analysis of aeolian action as a physical process, causes of land degradation, and desertification. The causes and effects of land degradation were investigated by utilizing multiscale and multidisciplinary methodologies, merging spatial socioeconomic data with remote sensing data, and using multiple levels and disciplinary approaches. The book also describes how to combine GIS with cutting-edge technologies such as remote sensing, geostatistics, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDAX) analysis, and analytical hierarchy approaches, among others. Included is a thorough case study of the unusual but understudied semi-arid Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh, South India. This book encourages the participation of all socioeconomic groups in decision-making and assists authorities and planners in developing suitable plans for the sustainable agricultural growth of an area. The book is an invaluable resource to comprehend and resolve issues about sustainable environmental planning and management.

Combating Aeolian Desertification in Northeast Asia

Author : Tao Wang
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811690286
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Combating Aeolian Desertification in Northeast Asia written by Tao Wang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the definition of aeolian desertification and uncovers its processes, driving factors, and consequences, and focuses on measures to effectively combat aeolian desertification in Northeast Asia. Aeolian desertification in Northeast Asia is of great concern for its destructive influences on the environment and society not only in the local but also in faraway areas. The topics of this book are addressed by compiling theoretical review, remote sensing monitoring, synoptic analysis, and laboratory and field studies in China, Japan, and Mongolia. This is the first comprehensive book to address the aeolian desertification in Northeast Asia. Readers can learn the basic theory of aeolian desertification and the primary causes of this environmental problem. More critical is the successful practical countermeasures to combat desertification which can be referred to by various stakeholders who concern the aeolian desertification in Northeast Asia. To meet the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations adopted in 2015, especially its Goal 15.3 to achieve a land degradation-neutral world by 2030, desertification combating actions should be taken cross country borders. This book is not only intended for environmental professionals but also for people who are affected and concerned about desertification and land degradation. The concept and processes in this book will serve as a ready reference to understand the aeolian desertification with countermeasures and successful preventing stories that can be referred to.

Global Degradation of Soil and Water Resources

Author : Rui Li
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811679169
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Global Degradation of Soil and Water Resources written by Rui Li and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-29 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on soil and water conservation at global scale. It is a serious environmental problem that will threaten the socio-economic well-being of the majority of global population in future. The book examines the current situation of land degradation in multiple regions of the world and offers alternative approaches to solve the problems through sharing advanced technologies and lessons learned. It provides comprehensive assessment on characteristics, level and effect of degradation in different regions. It’s a highly informative reference both for researchers and graduate students.

Desert Aeolian Processes

Author : V.P. Tchakerian
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400900678
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Desert Aeolian Processes by : V.P. Tchakerian

Download or read book Desert Aeolian Processes written by V.P. Tchakerian and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea for this volume came during the dryland sessions of the Association of American Geographers meeting in San Diego in April, 1992. The large number of papers devoted to aeolian processes and landforms indicated to me that aeolian geomorphology had come of age and the last 15 years or so had produced a plethora of papers, books, and edited volumes on all aspects of aeolian geomorphology. Chapter one is my tentative attempt to place develop ments in aeolian geomorphology in a historical perspective and to contemplate some thoughts about the future. The fourteen papers selected address a wide range of issues ranging from micro-scale studies devoted to aeolian dust, sediment transport, and rock varnish in ventifacts to medium-scale studies of dunes and dune forms, reverse desertification, and macro-scale studies of ergs and sand transport pathways. The American Southwest, particularly the spectacular and unique Mojave Desert of California, is featured prominently in seven chapters. I hope this volume provides students and colleagues some new perspectives in aeolian geomorphology as well as pathways for future work.

Aeolian Processes as Dust Storms in the Deserts of Central Asia and Kazakhstan

Author : Gulnura Issanova
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811031908
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Aeolian Processes as Dust Storms in the Deserts of Central Asia and Kazakhstan written by Gulnura Issanova and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the aeolian processes in the desert zone of Kazakhstan and Central Asian Deserts, and analyzes the current status of dust and sand storms in Central Asia and Kazakhstan. It also highlights the analyses, dynamics and long-term observations of storms on the basis of numerous cartographic materials and satellite images. Dust/sand storms are a common and important phenomenon in the arid and semi-arid regions of Kazakhstan and Central Asia as well,especially in its southern parts, where areas are covered by a great variety of deserts and offer a significant source of mineral and salt aerosols. The deserts of Kazakhstan mostly cover lowlands and extend from the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea to the piedmonts of the Tien-Shan Mountain. In Kazakhstan and Central Asia desertification processes due to wind erosion in the form of dust/sand storms were observed in semi-desert and desert landscapes.

Issues in Environmental Research and Application: 2011 Edition

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Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
ISBN 13 : 1464963630
Total Pages : 3062 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (649 download)

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Download or read book Issues in Environmental Research and Application: 2011 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 3062 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues in Environmental Research and Application: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Environmental Research and Application. The editors have built Issues in Environmental Research and Application: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Environmental Research and Application in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Environmental Research and Application: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Desertification and Rehabilitation

Author : Xian Xue
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889767205
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Desertification and Rehabilitation written by Xian Xue and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-08-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sandy Soils

Author : Alfred E. Hartemink
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303150285X
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Sandy Soils written by Alfred E. Hartemink and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sand Dunes of the Northern Hemisphere

Author : Qi Lu
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000588998
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Sand Dunes of the Northern Hemisphere written by Qi Lu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-03-10 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book in two volumes, and with a foreword by the renowned Professor M.A.J. Williams, draws on evidence from coastal and inland regions, including desert dunes, wind-blown dust, river and lake sediments, glacial moraines, plant and animal fossils, isotope geochemistry, soils and prehistoric archaeology to better understand the genesis and development of dunes systems in selected northern hemisphere sand dunes from Asia, Africa and the Middle East regions. The collection of research papers and case studies that are presented in this book provide the reader with a wealth of information about the distribution and types of sand dunes and an insight into the complexity of sand dune formation, migration and management. Research in many countries across the northern hemisphere shows that dunes, whether coastal or inland, are under pressure around the world. Much of the pressure comes from human activities, and the anthropogenic disturbance, when coupled with global warming and alterations to the amount, frequency and temporal distribution of precipitation could lead to more serious management challenges in the future. There is much that we still need to find out about the origin, genesis and development of sand dunes so that they can be managed better. The difficult and complex questions being repeatedly raised can be answered only by interdisciplinary endeavours. Geomorphologists, geologists, palaeontologists, climatologists, ecologists, and others, can work together on research projects that better define the origin, evolution and development of dunes, both inland and along the coasts. Many chapters in this book attempt to reconstruct past climatic changes in deserts and their margins at a variety of scales in space and time in the expectation that such information might assist in preparing us for future global warming and drying.

Desert Aeolian Processes

Author : V.P. Tchakerian
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789400900684
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Desert Aeolian Processes written by V.P. Tchakerian and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea for this volume came during the dryland sessions of the Association of American Geographers meeting in San Diego in April, 1992. The large number of papers devoted to aeolian processes and landforms indicated to me that aeolian geomorphology had come of age and the last 15 years or so had produced a plethora of papers, books, and edited volumes on all aspects of aeolian geomorphology. Chapter one is my tentative attempt to place develop ments in aeolian geomorphology in a historical perspective and to contemplate some thoughts about the future. The fourteen papers selected address a wide range of issues ranging from micro-scale studies devoted to aeolian dust, sediment transport, and rock varnish in ventifacts to medium-scale studies of dunes and dune forms, reverse desertification, and macro-scale studies of ergs and sand transport pathways. The American Southwest, particularly the spectacular and unique Mojave Desert of California, is featured prominently in seven chapters. I hope this volume provides students and colleagues some new perspectives in aeolian geomorphology as well as pathways for future work.

Eurasian Steppes. Ecological Problems and Livelihoods in a Changing World

Author : Marinus J.A. Werger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400738862
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Eurasian Steppes. Ecological Problems and Livelihoods in a Changing World by : Marinus J.A. Werger

Download or read book Eurasian Steppes. Ecological Problems and Livelihoods in a Changing World written by Marinus J.A. Werger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steppes form one of the largest biomes. Drastic changes in steppe ecology, land use and livelihoods came with the emergence, and again with the collapse, of communist states. Excessive ploughing and vast influx of people into the steppe zone led to a strong decline in nomadic pastoralism in the Soviet Union and China and in severely degraded steppe ecosystems. In Mongolia nomadic pastoralism persisted, but steppes degraded because of strongly increased livestock loads. After the Soviet collapse steppes regenerated on huge tracts of fallow land. Presently, new, restorative steppe land management schemes are applied. On top of all these changes come strong effects of climate change in the northern part of the steppe zone. This book gives an up-to-date overview of changes in ecology, climate and use of the entire Eurasian steppe area and their effects on livelihoods of steppe people. It integrates knowledge that so far was available only in a spectrum of locally used languages.

Deserts and Desert Environments

Author : Julie J Laity
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444300741
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Deserts and Desert Environments written by Julie J Laity and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-01-28 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a global perspective, this book provides a concise overviewof drylands, including their physical, biological, temporal, andhuman components. Examines the physical systems occurring in desert environments,including climate, hydrology, past and present lakes, weathering,hillslopes, geomorphic surfaces, water as a geomorphic agent, andaeolian processes Offers an accessible introduction to the physical, biological,temporal, and human components of drylands Investigates the nature, environmental requirements, andessential geomorphic roles of plants and animals in this stressfulbiological environment Highlights the impact of human population growth on climate,desertification, water resources, and dust storm activity Includes an examination of surface/atmosphere interactions andthe impact of ENSO events.

Late Quaternary Hydrological, Paleoenvironmental and Geomorphological Processes in the Tibetan Plateau and Its Adjacent Areas

Author : Xiangjun Liu
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889745074
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Late Quaternary Hydrological, Paleoenvironmental and Geomorphological Processes in the Tibetan Plateau and Its Adjacent Areas written by Xiangjun Liu and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Geomorphology of Desert Environments

Author : Anthony J. Parsons
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402057199
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Geomorphology of Desert Environments by : Anthony J. Parsons

Download or read book Geomorphology of Desert Environments written by Anthony J. Parsons and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-03-20 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About one-third of the Earth’s land surface experiences a desert climate, and this area supports approximately 15% of the planet’s population. This percentage continues to grow, and with this growth comes the need to acquire and apply an understanding of desert geomorphology. Such an understanding is vital in managing scarce and fragile resources and in mitigating natural hazards. This authoritative reference book is comprehensive in its coverage of the geomorphology of desert environments, and is arranged thematically. It begins with an overview of global deserts, proceeds through treatments of weathering, hillslopes, rivers, piedmonts, lake basins, and aeolian surfaces, and concludes with a discussion of the role of climatic change. Written by a team of international authors, all of whom are active in the field, the chapters cover the spectrum of desert geomorphology.

Community and Global Ecology of Deserts

Author : Levente Hufnagel
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1789238935
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Community and Global Ecology of Deserts written by Levente Hufnagel and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim and purpose of our book, Community and Global Ecology of Deserts, is to give an overview and report from the frontiers of desert ecological research. The ecology of deserts as a scientific discipline plays a key role in solving many of global problems due to collective adaptation methods and approaches of lifeforms living in extreme environments. If ecologists or environmental scientists are talking about desert ecological research, then almost everyone is thinking about specific desert flora, fauna, or desertification itself as a consequence of climate change, or sand dune-triggered disasters. In fact, the importance of ecological research in deserts is far more general and broader. We hope that our book will be interesting and useful for researchers, lecturers, students and anybody interested in this field.

Remote Sensing of Natural Hazards

Author : Jay Gao
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000856119
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Remote Sensing of Natural Hazards written by Jay Gao and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-06-16 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive coverage of remote sensing technology used to gather information on 12 types of natural hazards in the terrestrial sphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. It clarifies in detail how to yield spatial and quantitative data on a natural hazard, including its spatial distribution, severity, causes, and the likelihood of occurrence. The author explains multiple methods of attaining data, describes the pros and cons of each method, and encourages readers to choose the best method applicable to their case. The author offers a practical approach to data analysis using the most appropriate methods and software. 1. Covers all major natural hazards including hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and avalanches. 2. Studies each natural hazard holistically, ranging from spatial extent, severity, impact assessment, causes, and prediction of occurrence. 3. Explains different remotely sensed data and the most appropriate method used. 4. Compares different ways of sensing and clarifies the pros and cons of any selected data or their analysis. 5. Provides ample examples of each aspect of a natural hazard studied augmented with graphic illustrations and quality assurance information. All professionals working in the field of natural hazards, senior undergraduate, and graduate students, will find in-depth approaches and sufficient information to become knowledgeable in the methods of yielding and analyzing data provided with remote sensing technology, ultimately providing a deeper understanding of natural hazards.

River Morphodynamics and Stream Ecology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Author : Zhaoyin Wang
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315682982
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book River Morphodynamics and Stream Ecology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau written by Zhaoyin Wang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the river morphodynamics and stream ecology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The objective of the book is to summarize and synthesize the recent studies based on field surveys undertaken in the period 2007-2014. This book was written to serve as a graduate-level text for a course in river dynamics and stream ecology and as a refer