Climate and Land Degradation - edition reliée, livre de poche

EAN (ISBN-13): 9783540724377
ISBN (ISBN-10): 3540724370
Version reliée
Date de parution: 2007
Editeur: Springer Berlin
624 Pages
Poids: 1,250 kg
Langue: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 3540724370

ISBN - Autres types d'écriture:
3-540-72437-0, 978-3-540-72437-7
Autres types d'écriture et termes associés:
Auteur du livre: mann, sivakumar, sivak
Titre du livre: environmental engineering, deg, climate land degradation, land use degradation, her land, land edition

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Données de l'éditeur

Auteur: Mannava VK Sivakumar; Ndegwa Ndiang'ui
Titre: Environmental Science; Environmental Science and Engineering; Climate and Land Degradation
Editeur: Springer; Springer Berlin
623 Pages
Date de parution: 2007-08-28
Berlin; Heidelberg; DE
Langue: Anglais
213,99 € (DE)
219,99 € (AT)
236,00 CHF (CH)
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BB; Hardcover, Softcover / Geowissenschaften; Umwelt; Verstehen; Geowissenschaften; Carbon Sequestration; Food Security; Land Degradation; Monitoring; Rain; Sustainable Land Management; Weather; Weather and Climate; climate change; environment; forest; hazard; natural disaster; climate change impacts; Environmental Sciences; Climate Sciences; Conservation Biology; Biogeosciences; Meteorologie und Klimatologie (Klimaforschung); Ökologie, Biosphäre; Umweltschutz; Biogeographie; EA; BC

The Assessment of Global Trends in Land Degradation.- Status and Trends in Land Degradation in Africa.- Status and Trends in Land Degradation in Asia.- Trends in Land Degradation in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Role of Climate Change.- Trends in Land Degradation in Europe.- Climate and Land Degradation — an Overview.- Climate, Extreme Events and Land Degradation.- Effects of Some Meteorological Parameters on Land Degradation in Tanzania.- Rainfall and Land Degradation.- Frequency of Wet and Dry Spells in Tanzania.- Climate Variability, Climate Change and Land Degradation.- Fire Weather and Land Degradation.- Importance of Drought Information in Monitoring and Assessing Land Degradation.- The Role of Land Degradation in the Agriculture and Environment Nexus.- Using Weather and Climate Information for Landslide Prevention and Mitigation.- Drought Hazard and Land Management in the Drylands of Southern Africa.- Climate Monitoring in the Southern Africa Development Community.- Carbon Sequestration and Land Degradation.- Sustainable Land Management Through Soil Organic Carbon Management and Sequestration — The GEFSOC Modelling System.- Seasonal Variation of Carbon Dioxide, Rainfall, NDVI and it’s Association to Land Degradation in Tanzania.- Land Degradation Control in Northern Africa.- Challenges and Trade-Offs in Environmental and Financial Approaches of the Afforestation of Degraded Lands.- The EU-Funded Medcoastland Thematic Network and its Findings in Combating Land Degradation in the Mediterranean Region.- Managing Land Use, Protecting Land and Mitigating Land Degradation: Tanzania Case Study.- Implementation of Initiatives for Addressing Climate Change and Land Degradation: A Look at the Philippine Context.- Successful Grassland Regeneration in a SeverelyDegraded Catchment: a Whole of Government Approach in North West Australia.- Land Degradation Management in Southern Africa.- Successful Experiences of Sustainable Land Use in Hyperarid, Arid and Semiarid Zones from Peru.- Role of Organic Agriculture in Preventing and Reversing Land Degradation.- Using Better Climate Prediction in the Implementation of National Action Programmes — (Eastern) Europe.- Improving NAP Implementation through Effective Use of Early Warning: Experiences in the IGAD Sub-Region.- Role of Drought Monitoring and Management in NAP Implementation.- Climate and National Action Programs in Latin America.- Conclusions and Recommendations.- Workshop Statement.
Presents the state-of-the-art papers, real world applications and innovative techniques for combating land degradation Offers recommendations for effectively using weather and climate information for sustainable land management practices