| Description |
xvii, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Land degradation: an overview -- Why is land degradation occurring? -- Land degradation through global pollution: the 'greenhouse effect' -- Land degradation through global pollution -- Degradation of tropical rainforests, tropical/subtropical seasonally dry and tropical/subtropical upland forests, woodlands and scrublands -- Degradation of seasonally dry tropical/subtropical and Mediterranean woodlands and scrublands, temperate and high-latitude forests -- The degradation of wetlands, tundra, uplands and islands -- Land degradation in drylands -- Non-erosive soil degradation -- Erosive soil degradation -- Land degradation through warfare, mineral extraction, industrial and urban development and increased movement of organisms -- Conclusion -- References -- Index |
| Analysis |
Land Pollution |
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International comparisons |
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Land degradation |
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Land resources |
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Land Pollution |
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Natural resource management |
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Overseas item |
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Pollution |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 261-285 |
| Subject |
Land degradation.
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Land use -- Environmental aspects.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Pollution.
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Soil conservation.
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Soil degradation.
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Environmental impact |
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Land degradation |
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Pollution |
| LC no. |
90002534 |
| ISBN |
0521353335 (hardback) |
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