Land degradation Development and breakdown of Terrestrial Enviroment/
Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, c1991.Description: xvii, 295 p. : ill, 25 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 628.55 22 PAR
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Table of Content
1. Land degradation: an overview
2. Why is land degradation occurring?
3. Land degradation through global pollution: the 'greenhouse effect'
4. Land degradation through global pollution: stratospheric ozone depletion, acid deposition and tropospheric ozone increase
5. Degradation of tropical rainforests, tropical/subtropical seasonally dry and tropical/subtropical upland forests, woodlands and scrublands
6. Degradation of seasonally dry tropical/subtropical and Mediterranean woodlands and scrublands, temperate and high-latitude forests
7. The degradation of wetlands, tundra, uplands and islands
8. Land degradation in dry lands
9. Non-erosive soil degradation
10. Erosive soil degradation
11. Land degradation through warfare, mineral extraction, industrial and urban development and increased movement of organisms
12. Conclusion: conservation and preventative/remedial strategies
References
Index.
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