Desertification (Contemporary Issues in Geography S.) - Softcover

Middleton, Nicholas J.

 
9780199133697: Desertification (Contemporary Issues in Geography S.)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0199133697 ISBN 13: 9780199133697
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1991

Inhaltsangabe

Designed for advanced level secondary students, this geography text studies desertification, the encroachment of arable land by desert which threatens an estimated 35% of the Earth's land surface. It explains the causes of desertification, how it can be measured and combatted, and questions whether the situation is actually happening at the scale suggested. The author focuses on questions that have made desertification a major issue, and highlights the difficulties involved in dealing with such a broad-scale physical and social topic. Case study material and exercises are included in the text.

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Designed for advanced level secondary students, this geography text studies desertification, the encroachment of arable land by desert which threatens an estimated 35% of the Earth's land surface. It explains the causes of desertification, how it can be measured and combatted, and questions whether the situation is actually happening at the scale suggested. The author focuses on questions that have made desertification a major issue, and highlights the difficulties involved in dealing with such a broad-scale physical and social topic. Case study material and exercises are included in the text.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1991
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0199133697
ISBN 13 
9780199133697
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
48
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