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Author : United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Drylands Dilemma written by United Nations Environment Programme and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : John A. Dixon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134047061
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Economics of Dryland Management written by John A. Dixon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have always had land in which the agricultural productivity is limited because there is not enough moisture. Systems of farming and burning often degrade dryland further until it is desert. Today, however, the problem is becoming much more serious. Over 20 per cent of the world's population lives in dryland areas, and unless action is taken drylands will increase dramatically. This book focuses on the people who live and .farm in the drylands, their use of land resources and the economic returns from their decisions. In a clear and thorough economic appraisal, the authors show how it is still possible to arrest the problem. Originally published in 1989
Author : John A. Dixon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134049021
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Dryland Management: Economic Case Studies written by John A. Dixon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensive agricultural systems dependent on rainfall or irrigation. Following their successful and innovative work The Economics of Dryland Management the editors have assembled twenty case studies from nine countries in the continents of Africa, Asia, North America and Australia. They help to explore more fully the costs of land degradation and illustrate the economics of reclamation, rehabilitation and prevention. The cases in this book present a rich, varied and readable survey of a wide range of drylands and their resources. Originally published in 19990
Author : Alan Gilpin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471962201
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (719 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Environmental and Sustainable Development written by Alan Gilpin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1996-06-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This superb, concise dictionary comprises over 2,000 entries defining terms and concepts relating to environmental planning, management, conservation and sustainable development. The text includes diagrams and boxes covering the whole span of environmental issues with the emphasis on: * international conventions * environmental law * environmental evolution in many countries * pollution control * environmental impact assessment * sustainable development * inter-generational equity Containing more entries than any other previously published dictionary of its kind, this book is an essential reference for students, environmental managers, politicians and journalists.
Author : Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303137424X
Total Pages : 1015 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)
Download or read book Climate-Resilient Agriculture, Vol 1 written by Mirza Hasanuzzaman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 1015 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under ongoing climate change, natural and cultivated habitats of major food crops are being continuously disturbed. Such condition accelerates to impose stress effects like abiotic and biotic stressors. Drought, salinity, flood, cold, heat, heavy metals, metalloids, oxidants, irradiation etc. are important abiotic stresses; and diseases and infections caused by plant pathogens viz. fungal agents, bacteria and viruses are major biotic stresses. As a result, these harsh environments affect crop productivity and its biology in multiple complex paradigms. As stresses become the limiting factors for agricultural productivity and exert detrimental role on growth and yield of the crops, scientists and researchers are challenged to maintain global food security for a rising world population. This two-volume work highlights the fast-moving agricultural research on crop improvement through the stress mitigation strategies, with specific focuses on crop biology and their response to climatic instabilities. Together with "Climate Resilient Agriculture, Vol 2: Agro-Biotechnological Advancement for Crop Production", it covers a wide range of topics under environmental challenges, agronomy and agriculture processes, and biotechnological approaches, uniquely suitable for scientists, researchers and students working in the fields of agriculture, plant science, environmental biology and biotechnology.
Author : C J Barrow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317896327
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Developing The Environment written by C J Barrow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive overview of global environmental problems - past, present and future - examining their roots and implications and suggesting, where possible, ways in which they might be mitigated or avoided by careful management.
Author : Paul R. Ehrlich
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300071245
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (712 download)
Download or read book The Stork and the Plow written by Paul R. Ehrlich and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative book, the authors look at the interaction between population and food supply and offer a powerful and radical strategy for balancing human numbers with nutritional needs. Their proposals include improving the status of women, reducing racism and religious prejudice, reforming the agricultural system, and shrinking the growing gap between rich and poor. "This ambitious, enlightened handbook is a cornucopia of strategies and ideas for concerned citizens and policymakers."--Publishers Weekly "Give equal education and power to women throughout the world, argue the authors: when that happens, birth rates fall and food supplies go up."--San Francisco Chronicle (Best Bets of 1995) "[The book] can help us understand the past and possible future of the meals most Westerners take for granted."--Bill McKibben, New York Review of Books "A well-reasoned account of how poverty forces unsustainable use of natural resources . . . a careful and balanced treatment of developments in agriculture . . . that may help food production to stay ahead of population growth."--Basia Zaba, Nature "This generation faces a set of challenges unprecedented in their scope and severity and in the shortness of time left to resolve them. . . . The Stork and the Plow sets these out thoughtfully [and] accurately. . . . We can all hope this urgent message is carefully heeded."--Henry W. Kendall, Nobel laureate and Julius A. Stratton Professor of Physics, MIT "A wonderful piece of work."--Partha Dasgupta, American Scientist
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251092192
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book FISHERIES IN THE DRYLANDS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drylands cover more than half sub-Saharan Africa and are home to nearly 50 percent of the region's people. This review documents resilience to climatic variability of fish resources in the sub-Saharan drylands. It also examines the potential for increasing their supply through improved use of available bodies of water, especially small reservoirs.
Author : A.S. Rawat
Publisher : Indus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788173871337
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (713 download)
Download or read book Alternative Farming Systems in Dry Temperate Zone of Himachal Pradesh written by A.S. Rawat and published by Indus Publishing. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M. B. Kwesi Darkoh
Publisher : Organization for Social Science Research(OSSREA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (55 download)
Download or read book African River Basins and Dryland Crises written by M. B. Kwesi Darkoh and published by Organization for Social Science Research(OSSREA). This book was released on 1992 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : T.S. Chouhan
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
ISBN 13 : 938804309X
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Combating Desertification Land Degradation and Climate Change: Management of Dry Lands written by T.S. Chouhan and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although much is known about the processes and effects of desertification, land degradation and climate change, little is understood about the links between them. Less still is known about how these processes are likely to interact in different social-ecological systems around the world, or how societies might be able to adapt to this twin challenge. This book identifies key vulnerabilities to the combined effects of climate change and land degradation around the world. It identifies triple-win adaptations that can tackle both climate change and land degradation, whilst supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Desertification, Land Degradation and Climate Change : Assessment, Mitigation and Remediation research results in sustainable land management, land degradation status and mitigation in the world. It includes background chapters with continental and international perspectives dealing with desertification, land degradation and climate change studies. The book assembles various topics of interest for a large audience. They include carbon sequestration and stocks, modern techniques to trace the trends of land degradation, traditional and modern approaches of resource-base conservation, soil fertility management, reforestation, rangeland rehabilitation, land use planning, GIS techniques in desertification risk cartography, participatory ecosystem management, policy analyses and possible plans for action. Various climatic domains in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas are covered. The book will be of interest to a variety of environmental scientists, agronomists, national and international policy makers and a number of organizations dealing with sustainable management of natural resources.
Author : Peter Beaumont
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317858204
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Drylands written by Peter Beaumont and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is simply structured but covers the major topics in detail Well reviewed in the field
Author : Nicol, A.
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290908130
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Water-smart agriculture in East Africa written by Nicol, A. and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrei Marin
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 1843695693
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)
Download or read book Pastoral Dilemmas in a European Context written by Andrei Marin and published by IIED. This book was released on 2005 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Parviz Koohafkan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 184407708X
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Water and Cereals in Drylands written by Parviz Koohafkan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Angela Kronenburg García
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000802566
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Drylands Facing Change written by Angela Kronenburg García and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume examines the changes that arise from the entanglement of global interests and narratives with the local struggles that have always existed in the drylands of Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia/Inner Asia. Changes in drylands are happening in an overwhelming manner. Climate change, growing political instability, and increasing enclosures of large expanses of often common land are some of the changes with far-reaching consequences for those who make their living in the drylands. At the same time, powerful narratives about the drylands as ‘wastelands’ and their ‘backward’ inhabitants continue to hold sway, legitimizing interventions for development, security, and conservation, informing re-emerging frontiers of investment (for agriculture, extraction, infrastructure), and shaping new dryland identities. The chapters in this volume discuss the politics of change triggered by forces as diverse as the global land and resource rush, the expansion of new Information and Communication Technologies, urbanization, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the spread of violent extremism. While recognizing that changes are co-produced by differently positioned actors from within and outside the drylands, this volume presents the dryland’s point of view. It therefore takes the views, experiences, and agencies of dryland dwellers as the point of departure to not only understand the changes that are transforming their lives, livelihoods, and future aspirations, but also to highlight the unexpected spaces of contestation and innovation that have hitherto remained understudied. This edited volume will be of much interest to students, researchers, and scholars of natural resource management, land and resource grabbing, political ecology, sustainable development, and drylands in general. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
