Land Degradation: Creation and Destruction - Softcover

Johnson, Douglas L.; Lewis, Laurence A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742519481 ISBN 13: 9780742519480

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Johnson Douglas L Lewis Laurence A

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Críticas:

This volume...provides a readable and wide-ranging examination of land degradation....Full of brief but well-chosen examples. The authors...have written a text that is highly accessible to an interdisciplinary audience, explaining technical terms clearly and concisely. * Human Ecology, October 2008 * Reflecting the combined expertise of the authors, the enhanced second edition of Land Degradation considers the impact of biophysical and social systems on land conditions and identifies principles that further the pursuit of sustainable land use. Accessible to an interdisciplinary audience-from students and land managers to researchers and policymakers-the book is an important contribution to sustainability science. -- Peter Klepeis, Colgate University

Reseña del editor:

This up-to-date, second edition of Land Degradation explores substantial decreases in the land's biological productivity or usefulness to humans due to human activities. Case studies cover the history of land degradation, local and regional effects of human interactions with the environment, and both negative and positive aspects of land modification. Extensively illustrated, Land Degradation can be used as the primary text in a course of the same name or as a supplement in courses covering land use, environmental change, and sustainability.

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• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0742519481
• ISBN 13: 9780742519480
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 318